Bookreviews: I. Foundations & Basic Methods

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BOOK REVIEWS
Items with a reviewer byline (coded R) are by Static behavior of polycrystalline metals major fields of optimization are described. The
AMR’s corps of dedicated outside volunteer re- under plastic deformations is dealt with in section on applications provides a description of
viewers. AMR will attempt to get critical reviews the relevant optimization issues in a broad spec-
of all relevant textbooks, reference works, and Chapter III. Yield point jog, cyclic loading, trum of fields, such as transportation, agriculture,
monographs. Items without a reviewer byline necking, and damage are all touched upon. manufacturing, aerospace, telecommunications,
(coded N) are prepared by AMR in-house staff energy, biology, finance, and the environment. In
and are largely based on material such as a Chapters IV and V are devoted to time-
the software section, the tools of applied optimi-
book’s table of contents and editor’s preface or dependent deformations and fracturing, fea- zation are described, with an emphasis on practi-
foreword. In the interest of timeliness, most con- turing creep of concrete and its application cal details: how to implement and test optimiza-
ference proceedings and multi-author contrib- tion algorithms, use existing optimization
uted volumes will receive descriptive notes in this in structural mechanics. Chapter VI brings
packages and the Internet, and use modeling lan-
fashion. Books deemed to be somewhat periph- homogenization procedures in shape guages to build optimization systems.
eral to AMR’s basic scope may simply be listed memory alloys and is dealing with pseu-
by title. Also listed by title when first received are 9N4. High-Performance Scientific and Engi-
books under review. doelasticity and one- as well as two-way neering Computing. Proc of 3rd Int
shape memory effects. Chapter VIII finally FORTWIHR Conf on HPSEC, Eriangen, March
2001. - M Breuer, F Durst (Friedrich-Alexander-
brings an analysis of homogenization in Univ Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany),
transversely isotropic materials. Appendi-
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C Zenger (Technische Univ Munchen, Erlangen,
I. FOUNDATIONS & ces, collected in Chapter VIII, bring Germany). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 421
BASIC METHODS complementary proofs and material not pp. Softcover. ISBN 3-540-42946-8. $84.95.
The book provides an overview on high perfor-
dealt with in greater detail in the main text.
mance computing 共HPC兲 activities to solve sci-
9R1. Mesomechanical Constitutive The intention of writing a book on one’s entific and/or engineering problems on super-
Modeling. Advances in Mathematics for own research is to summarize, at one place computers. This topic plays an important role in
Applied Sciences Series, Vol 55. - V Kafka and in a consistent form, earlier work that determining or shaping future research and de-
(Inst of Theor and Appl Mech, Acad of Sci, velopment activities in many branches of indus-
may be scattered in various periodicals and try. The book includes 44 contributions which
Czech Republic). World Sci Publ, Sin- perhaps written with different notation and cover the development of advanced numerical
gapore. 2001. 225 pp. ISBN 981-02- emphasis. A second purpose is to write the methods, parallel computing techniques, grid
4485-1. $58.00. generation, and visualization.
subject more carefully and perhaps more
Reviewed by K Hutter (Dept of Mech, 9N5. Mathematical Modeling and Numerical
Darmstadt Univ of Tech, Hochschulstr 1, extensively to reach a broader readership. Simulation in Continuum Mechanics. Proc of
Darmstadt, D-64289, Germany). In this book, the first goal has likely been Int Symp, Sept/Oct 2000, Yamaguchi, Japan. -
achieved, the second has not. The text is Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. 309 pp. Soft-
This book—a reference source book of cover. ISBN 3-540-42399-0. $89.95.
the author’s and his associates’ work on ho- very brief, not explicatory and not an im- This book presents the latest frontiers of re-
mogenization procedures in heterogeneous provement over the original papers. Cross- search by the most active researchers in the field
media—summarizes the author’s research references are seldom or missing altogether, of numerical mathematics. The topics of the pa-
pers range from solids to fluids and include both
work on the mentioned topic performed and the verbalization of the ideas is un- mathematical and computational analysis of phe-
during the last 30 years, with emphasis on imaginative. This reviewer can dispense nomena and algorithms. The reader can study the
the more recent work performed in the last with this book on his shelf, and would not latest results on shells, plates, flows in various
15 years. situations, fracture of solids, new ways of exact
recommend it to individuals and only reluc- error estimates, and many other topics.
tantly to libraries. 9N6. Moving Boundaries VI: Computational
9N2. Boundary Elements XXIII. Proc of 23rd Modeling of Free and Moving Boundary
Int Conf, Lemnos, Greece, May 2001. - Edited Problems. Proc of 6th Int Conf, Lemnos,
by DE Beskos (Univ of Patras, Greece), CA Greece, May 2001. - Edited by B Sarler (Univ of
Brebbia (Wessex Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK), Lubljana, Slovenia) and CA Brebbia (Wessex Inst
JT Katsikadelis (Natl Tech Univ, Athens, Greece), of Tech, Southampton, UK). WIT Press,
GD Manolis (Aristotle Univ, Thessaloniki, Southampton, UK. Distributed in USA by Com-
Greece). WIT Press, Southampton, UK. Distrib- put Mech Publ, Billerica MA. 252 pp. ISBN
uted in USA by Comput Mech Publ, Billerica 1-853-12864-3. $144.00.
The 25 papers in this book consider the com-
MA. 496 pp. ISBN 1-853-12863-5. $269.00.
putational modeling of a continuum, where the
The 46 papers in this volume provide informa- positions of its borders or interphase boundaries
tion for the current emerging generation of BEM have to be determined as part of the solution.
analysts. The papers are divided into the 11 sec- Designed to establish interdisciplinary links be-
tions, as follows: Fracture mechanics and fatigue; tween scientists and engineers who tackle similar
Plates and shells; Geomechanics; Dynamics and problems from different research perspectives
After a brief introduction and presentation vibrations; Electrostatics and electromagnetic; and scientists who work on different applications
Fluid flow; Applications in optimization; Dual using similar numerical methods, this volume
of notation, Chapter I presents the general covers various aspects of fundamentals, numeri-
reciprocity method and basic functions; Wave
mesomechanical model of heterogeneous, propagation problems; Advanced formulations; cal methods, and applications. The papers are or-
statistically homogeneous materials. Basic and Computational techniques. ganized into the following sections: Phase
is Hills 1963-equation stating that the aver- change; Free surface flow; Numerical methods;
9N3. Handbook of Applied Optimization. Special interface problems; and Fracture and
aged work of the stresses on the strains Edited by PM Pardalos (Dept of Indust and Syst contact problems.
equals the corresponding work of the aver- Eng, Univ of Florida) and MGC Resende (AT&T Asymptotic Modeling of Fluid Flow Phe-
aged stresses and averaged strains from Lab). Oxford UP, New York. 2002. 1095 pp. nomena. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications,
which the Voigt and Reuss approximations ISBN 0-19-512594-0. $225.00. Vol 64. - RKh Zeytounian (Univ of Lille,
can be deduced. Chapter II then treats ma- This handbook consists of three main parts: al- France). Kluwer Acad Publ, Dordrecht, Nether-
terials with statistically isotropic structure, gorithms, applications, and software. In the algo- lands. 2002. 545 pp. ISBN 1-4020-0432-X.
thereby emphasising two-phase materials. rithms section, the important algorithms in the $161.00. 共Under review兲
Appl Mech Rev vol 55, no 5, September 2002 B83 © 2002 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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B84 Book Reviews Appl Mech Rev vol 55, no 5, September 2002
grable systems are deduced by means of The book begins with some brief histori-
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II. DYNAMICS & several transformations like change of vari- cal notes and then proceeds with a discus-
ables, duplication and so on. Another sion of fundamentals associate with Dy-
VIBRATION method introduces a time dependant poly- namic Systems Theory in Chapter 2. Here,
nomial of degree N with respect to the vari- the concepts of semiflow, semigroups,
9R7. Classical Many-Body Problems able X; the N zeros of this polynomial are Limit sets, Compact, ␬-compact, and singu-
Amenable to Exact Treatments. 共Solvable interpreted as the positions of N particles lar semiflows, attractors and the like are
and/or Integrable and/or Linearizable...兲 in 共with the same masses兲 on a line. Assuming presented. The discussion then proceeds to
One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Space. that the polynomial is solution of a linear a very detailed presentation of Linear Semi-
Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol m66. - F partial derivative equation, several solvable groups in Chapter 3.
Calogero (Dept of Phys, Univ of Rome ‘‘La many body problems are found. An exten- In Chapter 4, the basic theory of Evolu-
Sapienza,’’ p Aldo Moro, Rome, 00185, sion of this approach is also presented, us- tionary Equations is presented. Here par-
Italy). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 749
ing the exact Lagrangian interpolation ticular emphasis is placed on the difference
pp. ISBN 3-540-41764-8. $79.95.
method. In Chapter 3, a generalized formu- in treatment which arises when one consid-
Reviewed by M Pascal (Lab de Modelisa-
lation of this last method is formulated for ers a dynamics system in an infinite dimen-
tion en Mec, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie,
spaces of arbitrary dimensions. Chapter 4 sion as opposed to a finite dimensional set-
Tour 66, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75252 Ce-
deals with integrable systems in the plane. ting. Chapter 4 is particularly nice in that it
dex 05, France).
The method is based on the idea that inte- collects and presents many of the important
This book is concerned with integrable
grable problems in two-dimensional space aspects of evolutionary equations. These in-
problems in classical mechanics 共excluding
can be deduced from integrable problems in clude solutions concepts, linear theory, non-
quantam or relativistic mechanics兲. These
one-dimension assuming that the equations linear theory, well-posedness, regularity
problems are related to the motion of a sys-
of motion hold also for complex values of and compactness, and the linearized equa-
tem of particles acted upon by several kinds
of forces in one-, two-, or three-dimensions. the variables: it is the so called technique of tion.
More general Hamiltonian systems 共not as- complexification. A survey of integrable The basic application of semiflow theory
sociated with a Lagrangian function兲 are systems in the plane obtained by this to nonlinear partial differential equations is
also considered. In most cases, integrable method is given at the end of the chapter. presented in Chapter 5. Here a good variety
Hamiltonian systems mean Liouville inte- The last chapter presents integrable many of applications is discussed which include,
grable systems. In almost all examples body systems in three-dimensional space. but are not limited to, reaction diffusion
dealing with the motion of a set of particles, The idea is to identify some solvable evo- equations, nonlinear wave equations, con-
the masses are the same for all particles. lution equations governing a time depen- vection equations, Kuramoto-Sivahinsky
Several methods to find integrable prob- dant matrix with the motion equations of a Equation, etc. Chapter 6 continues to the
lems are described, but the main part of the set of particles in three-dimensions. Again, discussion of nonlinear partial differential
book is devoted to the Lax pair technique. several examples are presented. equations, but is dedicated to the use of this
This book provides a rather exhaustive sur- As a conclusion, Classical Many-Body material in the treatment of the Navier-
vey of results obtained in the past by scien- Problems Amenable to Exact Treatments..., Stokes equation.
tists such as Moser, Toda, Flashka, and also is not intended for a very large audience, Several aspects of linear and nonlinear
by the author himself. but it provides a rather exhaustive survey dynamics systems theory and how these re-
about integrable problems in some special late to evolution equations are presented in
cases of particle dynamics. It can be useful Chapters 7 and 8. These aspects include
for researchers involved in celestial me- perturbation theory near a saddlepoint, the
chanics or can be used as a background for reduction theory and center manifold, peri-
teaching an undergraduate course. odic orbits and invariant manifolds, and in-
ertial manifolds. Applications are also pro-
9R8. Dynamics of Evolutionary Equa- vided here involving Couette-Taylor flow
tions. Applied Math Sciences, Vol 143. - and Bobnov-Galkerkin approximations.
GR Sell (Sch of Math, Univ of Minnesota, Other topics/theory of dynamic systems
Minneapolis MN 55455) and Yuncheng You such as bifurcation theory, ergodic theory,
(Dept of Math, Univ of S Florida, Tampa dimension theory, singular perturbations,
FL 33620-5700). Springer-Verlag, New Hamiltonian systems, etc, are only men-
York. 2002. 670 pp. ISBN 0-387-98347-3. tioned or are very briefly presented.
$79.00. The book is intended to introduce the sub-
Reviewed by K Anderson (Dept of Mech ject to ‘‘scholars,’’ who wish to learn about
The book involves five chapters followed Eng, Aeronaut Eng, and Mech (JEC4006), and analyze dynamic systems at a sophisti-
by several appendices and a rather wide list RPI, Troy NY 12180-3590). cated level. The text is well written and is
of references. Each chapter includes a great This book treats the modeling and analy- very much of the style and form of the
amount of examples and exercises. Due to sis of linear and nonlinear dynamics sys- other members of Springer’s Applied Math-
the rather abstract topics studied in the tems in a mathematically rigorous manner. ematical Sciences series, of which this
book, no figures are included in it. Considerable emphasis is given to explain- book is the 143rd volume. As such, the
The first chapter is a short introduction ing key concepts such as semiflow and book is written for the applied mathemati-
giving some basic knowledge about New- flow, attractors and global attractors. The cian, as opposed to the engineer, even
tonian equations of motion, Hamiltonian authors present how the time-varying solu- though their experience and expertise may
formalism, and Liouville integrable sys- tions of the partial differential equations as- well be in nonlinear dynamics systems.
tems. The main part of the book is con- sociated with a generally nonlinear dynam- This is, in some degree, evidenced by the
tained in Chapter 2, which deals with one- ics system can be viewed as a trajectory in terminology ‘‘Evolutionary Equations,’’
dimensional motions of particles along a the phase space of the problem. The equa- which use is largely restricted to the math-
line or a circle. Liouville integrable prob- tion of motion of this trajectory in this Ba- ematicians working the field as opposed to
lems are found by using the Lax pair tech- nach space is the ‘‘evolutionary equation’’ the engineers 共refer to works by Holmes,
nique. Several examples are obtained by associated with this system. Loosely speak- Wiggins, Nayfeh, and others兲. As such, this
solving three kinds of functional equations. ing, this equation is being an ODE on this book assumes that the reader is familiar
From these integrable cases, other inte- space. with the rudiments of nonlinear and linear
Appl Mech Rev vol 55, no 5, September 2002 Book Reviews B85
systems analysis, from a mathematics, not numerical dissipation. Henceforth, it will phisms, a long Bibliography with 124 en-
engineering, background. For readers not so only be possible to name some of the chap- tries, and an Index. The Schroedinger wave
familiar with Banach and Fréchet spaces or ter titles contained in this part. The author equation of Quantum Mechanics is not dis-
the basic of functional analysis, the book’s uses construction schemes in homogeneous cussed.
appendices offer some relief, for those media in one chapter. The next chapter dis- Higher-Order Numerical Methods for
whose interest and mathematics experience cusses the dispersion relations generated by Transient Wave Equations is well written
are otherwise up to the presentation. the schemes. The stability and accuracy of and moderately priced, fills a most needed
As a text, this reviewer finds the general the solutions are discussed in later chapters gap, and contains many jewels that will be
layout of the book good. The index is thor- on the basis of the dispersion relations. This more appreciated by the serious student
ough, with the diagrams which appear in part concludes with three chapters provid- rather than by the casual reader. It will be a
the text being extremely sparse and simple, ing pointers for the construction of schemes valuable addition for libraries, graduate stu-
but clear. This reviewer feels that Dynamics for heterogeneous media. Many such dents, and professional researchers dealing
of Evolutionary Equations would serve well schemes are presented and discussed in 1D with wave propagation problems of classi-
as a reference to any mathematician or and 2D. cal physics.
well-seasoned mathematically inclined en- Complex geometries cannot be treated ap- 9R10. Regular and Chaotic Oscilla-
gineer actively performing research in the propriately using FDM. There are various tions. Foundations of Engineering Mechan-
field. examples treating this deficiency. The use ics. - PS Landa (Dept of Phys, Moscow
of FEM is the key to the solution of these State Univ, Vorobyovy Gory, Moscow,
9R9. Higher-Order Numerical Methods problems and deficiencies. The FEM is the 119899, Russia). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
for Transient Wave Equations. Scientific subject of Part III. 2001. 395 pp. ISBN 3-540-41001-5.
Computation. - GC Cohen (Domaine de These FEM approaches introduce a mass $79.95.
Voluceau, INRIA, Rocquencourt, BP 105, matrix. This matrix has to be inverted at Reviewed by RA Ibrahim (Dept of Mech
Le Chesnay, 78153 Cedex, France). each time-step with the consequent cost- Eng, Wayne State Univ, 5050 Anthony
Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2002. 348 pp. increase of the FEM schemes. That was the Wayne Dr, Rm 2119 Engineering Bldg, De-
ISBN 3-540-41598-X. $69.95. reason why the finite element methods were troit MI 48202).
Reviewed by GC Gaunaurd (Code initially considered impractical. Professor Polina Landa is a well known
AMSRL-SE-RU, Army Res Lab, 2800 Pow- This difficulty was solved in the 1980s by physicist for her work in the area of nonlin-
der Mill Rd, Adelphi MD 20783-1197). using the so-called Gauss-Lobatto quadra- ear oscillations and has significant contribu-
This is a book reviewing techniques for ture formula to evaluate the mass matrix. tions in both deterministic and stochastic
the numerical solution of the various types The technique was applied to wave equa- nonlinear dynamical systems. In this book,
of wave equations present in various fields tions by a number of researchers, and their she has made an excellent attempt to estab-
of classical physics, such as acoustics, elec- works are summarized in various subse- lish the general laws of oscillation theory
tromagnetism, and elastodynamics. Por- quent chapters. Some of the title chapters of for a wide spectrum of mechanical and
tions could be used in undergraduate this portion deal with ‘‘Spectral Elements,’’ physical problems. This reviewer believes
courses, but the bulk of the book relates to in 2D and 3D. Mixed finite elements even- that she has succeeded in achieving that
graduate work in numerical analysis. tually overcame those previous difficulties. goal.
The book, like Gaul, is divided in three Such results are extended to quadrilateral The book begins with an introduction
parts. The first part is devoted to the presen- 共and higher兲 elements as spectral elements. that classifies dynamical systems and differ-
tation and derivation of the basic wave The mass-lumping technique originally pro- ent types of analytical models. Next, there
equations that appear in the three classical posed was then extended to triangles and is one chapter summarizing the main
fields of physics mentioned above. There tetrahedrons. This is the key for the use of analytical techniques commonly used in
are chapters dealing with the equations mixed finite elements for all three types of analyzing nonlinear systems. These meth-
themselves, on the boundary conditions for wave equations considered here. There are ods include the method of slowly time-
each case, and on functional issues such as some additional problems related to the varying amplitudes 共known as the van der
variational formulations and energy rela- modeling of unbounded domains. It is often Pol method兲, the asymptotic Krylov-
tions. The plane-wave solutions are given necessary to model very large 共but finite兲 Bogolyubov method, the averaging method,
special treatment in several space dimen- domains as infinite ones. This is particu- and the Whitham method. The main body
sions in the final chapter of Part I. larly true at low frequencies. In general, the of the book is divided in two main parts:
Part II deals with Finite Difference Meth- sub-domain of propagation providing inter- oscillations in autonomous systems covered
ods 共FDM兲 and Part III with Finite Element esting results is much smaller than the in nine chapters, and oscillations in nonau-
Methods 共FEM兲, and that is the extent of whole domain. But the whole domain may tonomous systems addressed in three chap-
the book. be too large to be incorporated into a com- ters. There is also an appendix and a list
The finite difference approximation is the puterized numerical model. So, one must of 375 references prevailed by Russian
easiest, oldest, and most popular method search for ways to replace the whole 共infi- writers.
used in many fields of engineering. Key nite兲 domain by a smaller one without dis- The book is part of a series of research
methods presented here start with the cen- torting or altering the solution. This is the monographs on Foundations of Engineer-
tered second-order approximations to the subject of the last chapter on unbounded ing Mechanics written by former Soviet
Laplacian operator and to the second time- domains. ‘‘Absorbing boundary conditions’’ Union scholars who are recruited by the se-
derivative operator. Advantages and disad- 共ABC兲 are useful to handle such situations, ries editors V I Babitsky and J Wittenburg.
vantages of the method are quickly revealed but they become problematic above one- The first part begins with Chapter 3,
and several examples are analyzed. These space dimension. The use of damping lay- which deals with the general properties of
examples dealt with elastodynamic cases ers has also provided some valid solutions, autonomous systems in terms of phase
共for geophysics兲 and with electromagnetic which unfortunately we cannot describe in space and typical singular points. Systems
cases 共for radar applications兲. The reader is the last paragraph of this brief review. This with more degrees of freedom may possess
referred to the work of Dr Taflove for fur- has led to the perfectly matched layer complex structured attractors that can be
ther applications of the FDM in the time- 共PML兲 which is a most active and conve- classified into stochastic and chaotic attrac-
domain for the electromagnetic case of nient area of current research for problems tors. Stochastic attractors involve only a fi-
Maxwell equations. In general, all the FDM in unbounded media. nite or an infinite number of saddle cycles.
examples discussed here are centered This ends Part III and the book. There is a On the other hand, attractors involving both
schemes since the uncentered ones generate final Appendix on Conforming Isomor- saddle and stable cycles with small attrac-
tion basins are referred to as chaotic. The regimes based on the relationship of their the following eight sections: hydrodynamic
quantitative characteristics of such strange natural frequencies. These include close forces; fluid dynamic response of structures; vi-
attractors are given in terms of the Haus- frequencies, multiple frequencies, and equal bration analysis and control; vortex shedding and
flow-induced vibrations; offshore and floating
dorff dimension, correlation dimension, frequency differences of neighboring oscil- structures; flow effects; interaction problems in
Lyapunov exponents, and Lyapunov dimen- lators. CFD; and model testing and measuring.
sion. This chapter analyzed several nonlin- The second part of the book deals with 9N12. Imaging of Complex Media with
ear single-degree-of-freedom systems in- different topics pertaining to nonautono- Acoustic and Seismic Waves. Topics in Applied
cluding the simple pendulum, a pendulum mous systems. Chapter 12 considers forced Physics, Vol 84. - Edited by M Fink (Univ Paris
placed between opposite poles of a magnet, excitation of nonlinear single- and two- VII, France), WA Kuperman (UCSD, La Jolla
systems described by Duffing equation, os- degree-of-freedom systems in the neighbor- CA), JP Montagner (Inst de Physique du Globe,
cillations of a bubble in fluid. Oscillations hood of harmonic, subharmonic, and super- Paris, France), A Tourin (Univ Paris VII-Denis
of species and systems with slowly varying harmonic resonance conditions. It also Diderot, Paris, France). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
natural frequency are considered in Chapter treats passage through resonance when the 2002. 320 pp. ISBN 3-540-41667-6. $139.00.
4. Autonomous systems with many degrees excitation frequency is slowly varying with In this interdisciplinary book, leaders in under-
of freedom are treated in Chapter 5. These time. Chaotic regimes are discussed for pe- water acoustics, seismology, acoustic medical
riodically driven nonlinear systems such as imaging, and non-destructive testing present ba-
include the normal oscillations in linear sic concepts as well as the recent advances in
nonlinear conservative systems, and peri- the Duffing oscillator, a gas bubble in liquid
imaging. The different subjects tackled show sig-
odically linear and nonlinear chain systems. under the action of sound field, and the Val- nificant similarities. Acoustic and elastic wave
Chapter 5 also addressed the stochasticity lis model. The analysis is extended to in- propagation is being investigated in media such
in Hamiltonian systems close to integrable clude the excitation of two coupled nonlin- as the ocean, the earth, biological tissues, and
ones. ear oscillators with stiffness nonlinearity in solid materials. In these different areas, many
the neighborhood of the main resonance, specific imaging techniques have been developed
Chapter 6 introduces another class of
and combination resonance of summed and which differ in the wavelength of the sound, its
autonomous dynamical systems that exhibit polarization, and the instrumentation used.
self-oscillatory motion such as the van der difference types. Parametric excitation and
simultaneous forced and parametric excita- 9N13. New Developments in the Dynamics of
Pol and Rayleigh oscillators due to negative Planetary Systems. Proc of 5th Alexander von
linear damping and positive nonlinear tions of nonlinear systems are considered in Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics. -
damping. Such oscillators, such as the Chapter 13. Complex response characteris- Edited by R Dvorak (Univ Wien, Austria) and J
model vacuum tube generators, exhibit the tics including chaotic motion and on-off- Henrard (Facultes Univ de Namur, Belgium).
most fundamental features of all self- intermittency are usually manifested in the Kluwer Acad Publ, Norwell MA. 2001. 400 pp.
oscillatory systems including limit cycle response for certain values of system and ISBN 0-7923-6966-1. $128.00.
and relaxation type motion. Other systems excitation parameters. Chapter 14 addresses The papers in this volume cover a large range
including the classical example of friction- the changes in the dynamical behavior and of questions concerning the dynamics of objects
induced vibration and the Neimark pendu- properties of nonlinear systems under high- of the solar system from theoretical Hamiltonian
frequency vibration or noise. The author ac- mechanics to the study of the dynamical behavior
lum experiencing impacts at consecutive in- of specific objects with a strong emphasis on the
stants are treated. Self-oscillatory systems knowledges the contribution of Professor II
detection, cause, and effects of chaotic behavior.
with one and a half degrees of freedom are Blekhman in preparing this chapter. The Several papers describe the latest contributions
analyzed in Chapter 7. The source of self- changes in the system dynamical behavior in two very lively topics: Symplectic method of
excitation is conditioned by the so-called include the appearance and disappearance numerical integration of Hamiltonian systems
inertia feedback. Examples involving linear of attractors and repellers induced by the and Methods for special analysis of computed
high-frequency vibration as applied to a orbits leading to refined tools for the detection
and nonlinear inertia feedback cover a wide and evaluation of chaos.
spectrum of physical and engineering appli- pendulum subjected to a support motion
The dynamics of the asteroid belt and of NEOs
cations. Chapter 8 is devoted to self- that makes an angle with the vertical, and 共near Earth objects兲—two important topics with
oscillatory two and more degree-of- Brownian motion 共known as stochastic implications on the evolution of planetary sys-
freedom systems. Depending on the natural ratchets兲 with saw-tooth potential. The case tems and on the assessment of probabilities of
frequencies of the system and coupling pa- of Brownian motion with saw-tooth poten- catastrophic collisions—are also covered.
rameters, the system response reveals ex- tial is treated using the Fokker-Planck equa- 9N14. Proceedings of the ASME Noise Con-
tion. For this problem, noise-induced tran- trol and Acoustics Division–2001. Proc of
change of energy or the absence of self- ASME Int Congress, Nov 2001, New York. -
sition was found to occur if fluctuation
oscillations, or flutter as in the case of Edited by RC Marboe. ASME, New York. 2001.
transitions through each potential barrier
aeroelastic structures, or chaotic behavior 404 pp. ISBN 0-7918-3551-0. ASME Book No
are more frequent in one direction than in
as in the case of the vocal model, or radia- I00519. $150.00. 共ASME members $75.00兲.
the other. The effect of the particle mass
tion of sound of a ‘‘singing’’ flame. The This is a collection of 41 full-length, peer-
was then considered for two limiting cases:
analysis of self-oscillatory systems is ex- reviewed technical papers on aero- and hydroa-
very small mass and sufficiently large mass. coustic facilities, experimental techniques, and
tended in Chapter 9 to include synchroniza-
The last topic of this chapter deals with the validation of computational methods; advanced
tion and chaotization by imposing an exter-
problem of stochastic and vibrational reso- techniques for structural acoustics; acoustic en-
nal harmonic excitation. This chapter gines; acoustic diffraction; analysis techniques in
nances.
obviously belongs to non-autonomous sys- designing quiet structures; computational acous-
This book, Regular and Chaotic Oscilla-
tems, but the author preferred to address it tics; and active passive control. The BS/MS stu-
tions, is clear and well written. It is recom-
in the first part because it is more related to dent paper competition papers are also included.
mended for researchers and students work-
the problem of self-excitation. Chapters 10 Analytical Mechanics: A Comprehensive
ing in the area of nonlinear vibration.
and 11 consider systems involving two or Treatise on the Dynamics of Constrained Sys-
more self-oscillatory subsystems that 9N11. Fluid Structure Interaction. Proc of tems; for Engineers, Physicists, and Mathema-
1st Int Conf, Haldiki, Greece, Sept 2001. - Edited
weakly interact with each other. Cases of by SK Chakrabarti (Offshore Struct Anal Inc, ticians. - JG Papastavridis (Georgia Inst of Tech,
weak and strong linear coupling are treated. USA) and CA Brebbia (Wessex IT, Southampton, Atlanta GA). Oxford UP, New York. 2002. 1392
Parametric synchronization of two genera- UK). WIT Press, Southampton, UK. Distributed pp. ISBN 0-19-512697-1. $295.00. 共Under re-
tors with different frequencies is considered in USA by Comput Mech Publ, Billerica MA. view兲
for the case parametric resonance of the dif- 2001. 336 pp. ISBN 1-85312-881-3. $185.00. Elastic Waves in Anisotropic Laminates. -
ference type, where the parametric excita- Encompassing a wide range of topics within GR Liu and ZC Xi (Natl Univ of Singapore, Sin-
tion frequency equals the difference of the fluid structure interaction, this book features pa-
pers dealing with this specialized area. Of par- gapore). CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton FL. 2002.
natural frequencies of the system. Chapter ticular interest to structural, offshore, naval, and 452 pp. ISBN 0-8493-1070-9. $149.95. 共Under
11 considers three different synchronization earthquake engineers, the papers are divided into review兲
Essays on the Motion of Celestial Bodies. - trol for finite-dimensional linear systems, as Moreover, the authors stress in Chapters 4
VV Beletsky (Keldysh Inst of Appl Math, Rus- opposed to applied engineers or scientists. and 6 that a disturbance decoupling control-
sian Acad of Sci, Miusskaja Sq 4, Moscow, The very restriction of the subject to such ler can actually be numerically computed
125047, Russia). Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel,
systems, however, allows for the applied by algorithms they provide. An actual dem-
Switzerland. 2001. 372 pp. ISBN 3-7643-5866-1.
$169.00. 共Under review兲 control systems analyst to gain insights into onstration of such a controller synthesis
recent developments in the field. The focus would have been very powerful.
Infinite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems:
An Introduction to Dissipative Parabolic
is certainly towards the development of a Control Theory for Linear Systems is a
PDEs and the Theory of Global Attractors. tight theoretical basis for the results, rather fine contribution to the literature of control
Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics. - JC than applied examples, case studies or ex- theory of linear systems. It offers a power-
Robinson (Math Inst, Univ of Warwick, UK). ercises. The authors assume that the reader ful organization and structure to the very
Cambridge UP, Cambridge, UK. 2001. 461 pp. is proficient in the linear algebra tools to broad subject of the control of finite-
共Softcover兲. ISBN 0-521-63564-0. $110.00. 共Un- analyze state space linear systems. In the dimension linear systems and brings the
der review兲 opinion of this reviewer, it is probably best torrent of activity of this field over the last
Nonlinear Dynamics of Chaotic and Stochas- that the reader approach the book with an several decades to a tight focus and per-
tic Systems: Tutorial and Modern Develop- existing knowledge of the major results of spective that has been lacking heretofore.
ments. Series in Synergetics. - VS Anish- the past few decades on the control of state This book is highly recommended for pur-
chenko, VV Astakhov, TE Vadivasova (Dept of space systems—most particularly linear chase by libraries and researchers in the
Phys, Saratov State Univ, Astrakhanskaya 83, Sa-
ratov, 410026, Russia), AB Neiman (Center for
quadratic regulators 共LQR兲 and the linear field.
Neurodyna, Univ of Missouri, 8001 Natural quadratic Gaussian 共LQG兲 problem. This
Bridge Rd, St Louis MO 63121), L Schimansky- book can quite readily stand on its own as 9R16. Engineering System Dynamics: A
Geier (Lehrstuhl fur Stochastische Prozesse, Inst an introduction to the recent results of Unified Graph-Centered Approach. Con-
fur Phys, Humboldt Univ, Invalidenstr 110, Ber- H-infinity control theory from this founda- trol Engineering Series. - FT Brown (Dept
lin, 10115, Germany). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. tion. of Mech Eng, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem PA).
2002. 374 pp. ISBN 3-540-42419-9. $74.00. The authors approach their subject from Marcel Dekker, New York. 2001. 1006 pp.
共Under review兲 the point of view of geometric control ISBN 0-8247-0616-1. $195.00.
Qualitative Methods in Nonlinear Dynam- theory, which requires a particular nomen- Reviewed by H Oz (Dept of Aerospace
ics: Novel Approaches to Liapunov’s Matrix clature and foundation with which the Eng and Aviation, Ohio State Univ, Colum-
Functions. Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol reader may not initially be familiar. The au-
246. - AA Martynyuk (Stability of Processes bus OH 43210).
Dept, Inst of Mech, Natl Acad of Sci, Kiev,
thors spend the first two chapters building This book is intended as a textbook for
Ukraine). Marcel Dekker, New York. 2002. 301 such a foundation. In the next two chapters, undergraduate and graduate students in Me-
pp. ISBN 0-8247-0735-4. $150.00. 共Under re- the authors deal with the problem of distur- chanical Engineering. It presents bond-
view兲 bance decoupling and the notions of con- graph approaches to modeling of mechani-
trolled and conditioned invariant subspaces. cal systems with or without electrical and
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These are very fascinating chapters which thermodynamic connections. Fluidic sys-
III. AUTOMATIC alone make the book a worthwhile read. tems are also modeled similarly. Linear and
CONTROL The following three chapters delve deeply
into the structural properties of linear con-
nonlinear systems are treated, and solution
and simulation techniques are presented via
9R15. Control Theory for Linear Sys- trol systems, including system zeros and MATLAB based implementation and in-
tems. - HL Trentelman (Dept of Math, Univ system invertibility. The next five chapters struction. Although the book is published
of Groningen, PO Box 800, Groningen, ‘‘deliver the goods’’ that the authors adver- under Marcel-Dekker’s Control Engineer-
9700 AV, Netherlands), AA Stoorvogel, M tised in their preface—tracking and regula- ing Series 共Neil Munro, Editor兲, it has only
Hautus (Dept of Math and Comput Sci, tion, LQ optimal control, stochastic optimal a single 73-page chapter on ‘‘Introduction
Eindhoven Univ of Tech, PO Box 513, control, and H-infinity control in finite- and to Automatic Control,’’ which presents clas-
Eindhoven, 5600 MB, Netherlands). infinite-time, with full-state and with mea- sical control concepts in designing dynamic
Springer-Verlag London Ltd, Surrey, UK. surement feedback. compensators. The root-locus, Bode, Ny-
2001. 389 pp. ISBN 1-85233-316-2. Each chapter was superbly organized into quist, and Nichols graphical procedures are
$84.95. an introduction, a presentation of ideas, and covered with the help of MATLAB utilities.
Reviewed by L Dewell (Adv Tech Center, a set of concluding notes. The notes were With only one introductory chapter on con-
Lockheed Martin Advanced Tech Center, particularly pleasant to read, as they give trol, the book clearly does not belong in a
3251 Hanover St, Palo Alto CA 94304). the reader a clear connection between the series dedicated to control. However, what-
In the preface of this book, the authors material and the work of others over the last ever is presented in regards to control
stake out a strikingly broad boundary: ‘‘the several decades. The index of the book is theory is quite fundamental and has very
theory of feedback control design for linear, excellent 共it includes a symbol index, which high teaching value to the motivated stu-
finite-dimensional, time-invariant state is frequently overlooked兲, and all results are dent.
space systems with inputs and outputs.’’ It painstakingly supported by proofs. Chapter 1 is an Introduction for under-
is a testament to the recent growth of this If there is one area where the book seems graduate students, addressing the need for
field that had such a title appeared in the inconsistent, it is in the paucity of numeri- taking a course in system dynamics, giving
early 1970s, it would scarcely require 100 cal examples or case studies to illustrate the words of wisdom about learning, and re-
pages, let alone the nearly 400 pages of this material of the book. This was doubtless a viewing dimensions and units. Chapter 2
book. Indeed, such a wide scope of a book conscious decision of the authors, but the presents Source-Load Synthesis. General-
today may either elicit suspicions of the au- decision resulted in the work having a cer- ized forces, displacements, velocities,
thors of either being overly cursory in their tain opacity and theoretical detachment that sources, sinks, and resistances are intro-
treatment or overly parochial in their inter- was distracting at times. The authors moti- duced encompassing electrical, mechanical,
pretation of the subject. In this book, how- vate the book in Chapter 1 by discussing, in and fluid flow systems; stability and equi-
ever, the authors treat the subject with a co- detail, a practical problem of stationkeeping librium concepts are visited; ideal trans-
herence and an organization that made the control of a geosynchronous satellite. After formers and gyrators are defined and illus-
large scope seem perfectly natural and such a strong practical introduction, it trated. Chapter 3, on Simple Dynamic
pleasantly illuminating. would seem appropriate to apply the theory Models, is a first pass through the major
The book appears to be adapted primarily to a practical problem, perhaps even to the ideas in modeling and analysis. Compliance
to a reader interested in the theory of con- satellite problem suggested by the authors. and inertance energy storage mechanisms
are described, and types of junctions for case studies, and guided problems distrib- mathematical challenges they present, have
bond-graph representation are introduced uted throughout the chapter in which the spurred intensive research in nonlinear sys-
followed by effort and flow source causality author gives students step-by-step proce- tems and control theory 共see, eg, 关4 –7兴 and
and deduction of differential equations of dures to work the problem out; the solu- the references therein兲.
the dynamic system. Solutions of first-order tions of which are provided subsequently in Liapunov Functions and Stability in Con-
and second-order linear differential equa- the chapter. In this way, the student has a trol Theory by Bacciotti and Rosier surveys
tions are presented. Chapter 3 ends with in- means of assessing his progress in learning various mathematical definitions of internal
troduction of nonlinear compliances, iner- the subject matter in a fundamental manner. and external stability in a nonlinear context
tances, and MATLAB simulation tools. The whole book has a very high pedagogi- and reviews their characterizations in the
Chapter 4 is on Intermediate Modeling in- cal value with regards to the learning pro- framework of the Liapunov function
volving graphs with multiple bonds and cess. An integrative learning experience for method. After a very concise statement of
junctions and highlighting hydraulic- the student is intended in both subject and the objective of the book in the preface, the
mechanical, mechanical, electromechanical, cognitive style. This is accomplished by the book starts in Chapter 1 with some prelimi-
and mechanism-based systems. Model re- author clearly offering his vast experience nary material on the existence of solutions
duction, equilibrium, stability, and limit- in teaching to the new generation of stu- for differential equations and differential in-
cycle behavior are also studied. Chapter 5, dents. clusions. Both the classical solutions for
on Mathematical Formulation, translates Engineering System Dynamics: A Unified differential equations with continuous right
the bond graphs to differential equations Graph-Centered Approach is a must for any hand sides 共and the more general Carath-
and addresses causality, linear models and engineering library, as well as individual éodory solutions兲 and the Filippov solutions
simulation, and linearization. Chapters 6 mechanical engineers who make sure to for differential inclusions and differential
and 7 are dedicated to Analysis of Linear keep books of fundamental lasting value. equations with discontinuous right hand
Models presenting direct solutions to differ- This is one of those books. sides are discussed. The remaining chap-
ential equations, sinusoidal frequency re- ters, Chapter 2– 6, address the main subject
sponse, transfer functions, convolution, 9R17. Liapunov Functions and Stabil- of the book, various notions of stability,
Fourier analysis, Laplace transforms, ma- ity in Control Theory. Lecture Notes in their characterizations, and stabilizability of
trix representations, and the loop rule. Control and Information Sciences 267. - A different classes of systems. In particular,
Chapter 8 is on Introduction to Automatic Bacciotti (Dipt di Matematica, Politecnico Chapter 2 considers the basic case when the
Control as described above. di Torino, Italy) and L Rosier (Lab d’ Ana- system is time invariant and the right hand
Chapters 9 and 10 on Models with Static lyze Numerique et EDP, Univ Paris 11, side of the differential equations describing
Couplers and Energy Storage Fields, re- France). Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. the system is continuous with respect to
spectively, return to modeling, extending 208 pp. Softcover. ISBN 1-85233-419-3. both the state variable and the control vari-
the domain of applicability. Modulated, $69.80. able. Chapter 3 considers time varying sys-
non-conservative, and irreversible couplers Reviewed by Zongli Lin (Dept of Elec and tems. The salient features of time varying
are focused on, the latter introducing ther- Comput Eng, Univ of Virginia, Charlottes- systems are cleanly brought out by use of
mal systems. Lumping, coupled compliance ville VA 22903). two examples at the beginning of the chap-
and inertance fields, and various energy Systems and control theory plays an im- ter to motivate the study of such systems.
transducers are treated in Chapter 10. Chap- portant role in the analysis and design of The first example is a time invariant system
ter 11, Introduction to Distributed-Para- engineering systems such as mechanical for which there does not exist a time invari-
meter Models, covers wave models with systems. To apply systems and control ant Liapunov function but a time varying
simple boundary conditions, one-dimen- theory to an engineering system, the system Liapunov function exists. The second ex-
sional models, wave propagation, and has to be represented by a mathematical ample is also a time invariant system which
single- and multiple-power models. Chapter model, typically a set of ordinary or partial cannot be stabilized by a time invariant
12 addresses the modeling and analysis of differential equations. The partial differen- continuous feedback but can be stabilized
Thermodynamic Systems. Particularly, the tial equations may also be approximated by by a time varying feedback.
convection bond and compressible flow are ordinary differential equations by, for ex- Chapter 4 considers the more general time
the leading concepts. Heat interaction and ample, the finite element method 关1兴. Re- varying systems for which the differential
junctions, and thermodynamic compliance gardless of how they arise, the ordinary dif- equations have discontinuous right hand
are presented. Evaluation of thermody- ferential equations that model a practical sides. Chapter 5 returns to time invariant
namic properties and systems with chemi- system are often nonlinear in nature. It is a systems for which the differential equations
cal reaction are also introduced. common engineering practice to linearize have smooth right hand sides. For such sys-
The book ends with four appendices: In- these nonlinear ordinary differential equa- tems, the topics discussed include the exis-
troduction to MATLAB, Classical Vibra- tions at a certain operating point of the sys- tence of analytic or homogeneous Liapunov
tions, Laplace Transform Pairs, and Ther- tem to take advantage of the well- functions and their symmetries, and rela-
modynamic Data and Computer Code. developed linear systems and control tionship between Liapunov functions and
There are ample figures with very good il- theory. Indeed, in many cases, fundamental the decay rates of trajectories. Finally,
lustrations of the concepts with excellent properties such as stability and stabilizabil- Chapter 6 concludes the book with a brief
clarity. The subject index is extensive and ity of the original system described by the review of some nonsmooth analysis tools
adequate. nonlinear ordinary differential equations and their applications in the investigation of
The nature and extent of coverage is quite 共hereafter referred to as the nonlinear sys- nondifferentiable systems with discontinu-
unique, as well as extensive. However, be- tem兲 can be safely inferred from those of ous Liapunov functions.
cause it includes topics that are of interest the system described by the linearized The book has several nice features. First,
to undergraduate-to-graduate levels in a model 共hereafter referred to as the linear- it contains a rather extensive summary of
broad range of subjects, the utilization of a ized system兲关2,3兴. There are, however, various notions of stability along with their
good portion of the book would span more nonlinear systems whose properties are characterizations in terms of Liapunov
than two semesters of study. The author’s subtler. The linearized system of an asymp- functions and various scenarios of stabiliz-
style of presentation has a very high teach- totically stable nonlinear system may not be ability. In doing so, many important classes
ing value. Each chapter includes numerous asymptotically stable. Similarly, the linear- of nonlinear systems are brought out natu-
very illustrative, challenging, and motivat- ized system of a controllable nonlinear sys- rally. The presentation is also facilitated
ing assigned problems. However, each tem could be uncontrollable. These subtler with a large number of illustrating ex-
chapter also includes numbered examples, properties of nonlinear systems, and the amples. Second, the presentation of the ma-
terial is well-structured. The definitions and acteristics of animals, especially insects, to New York. - Edited by D Kim and N Manring.
results are introduced progressively as the design robots. The underlying idea seems to ASME, New York. 2001. 216 pp. ISBN 0-7918-
systems considered become more general. be that through the process of evolution, na- 3569-3. ASME Book No I00537. $110.00.
Third, the bibliography serves as a good 共ASME members $55.00兲.
ture has provided solutions that are collec-
The 24 full-length, peer-reviewed technical pa-
pointer to the vast literature in nonlinear tively minimal 共optimal for large numbers pers comprising this annual collection treat dy-
systems and control theory. The index, of actors兲 and that these solutions ‘‘关poten- namic modeling of fluid power systems; fluid
though brief, also adds a convenience fea- tially兴 can provide the advantages of robust- power component design and analysis; advanced
ture to the book. control of fluid power systems; modeling and
ness, redundancy, scalability, emergent self- control of fluid power systems; and modeling and
In conclusion, this reviewer has enjoyed organization...’’ analysis of fluid power systems.
reading Liapunov Functions and Stability in According to Webster, minimalist means 9N20. Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems. BM
Control Theory and recommend it to those ‘‘one who favors restricting...the achieve- Chen, TH Lee, V Venkataramanan (Dept of Elec
who have had a first course on nonlinear ment of a set of goals to a minimum.’’ and Comput Eng, Natl Univ of Singapore, 4 En-
systems theory and would like to investi- gineering Dr 3, 117576, Singapore). Springer-
Minimalistic action, decentralized control, Verlag London Ltd, Surrey, UK. 2002. 273 pp.
gate the subtler features of more general self-organization, redundancy, emergence,
nonlinear systems. ISBN 1-85233-500-9. $89.95.
and stigmergy 共indirect communication兲 are The scope of this book covers a systematic
characteristics that the author proposes for treatment on the design of modern, hard disk
developing robots. In Chapter 2, he de- drive 共HDD兲 servo systems. In particular, the fo-
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关2兴 Khalil H K 共1996兲, Nonlinear Systems, tional, communication, and sensory capa- which an additional micro-actuator is attached to
Second Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper bilities 共Ch 3兲. Simulation plays a large role a conventional voice-coil-motor actuator to pro-
Saddle River NJ. in the development of algorithms and ex- vide faster response and hence higher bandwidth
关3兴 Vidyasagar M 共1993兲, Nonlinear Systems periments are used to test the abilities of in the track following stage. Most of the results
Analysis, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, presented in this book are from research carried
Englewood Cliffs NJ. actual minimalistic robots to operate under out by the authors and their co-workers over the
关4兴 Hahn W 共1967兲, Stability of Motion, non-ideal environmental conditions. The ro- last few years.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin. bots in a swarm are tasked to home on a 9N21. Mechatronics Handbook. Electrical
关5兴 Isidori A 共1995兲, Nonlinear Control Sys- beacon. A gradient type algorithm based on Engineering Handbook Series. - Edited by RH
tems, Third Edition, Springer, Berlin. the sensed proximity of the beacon is used Bishop (Dept of Aerospace Eng and Eng Mech,
关6兴 Nijmeijer H and van der Schaft AJ 共1990兲, for control. In Chapter 4, some of the robots Univ of Texas, Austin TX). CRC Press LLC, Boca
Nonlinear Dynamical Control, Springer- Raton FL. 2002. 1272 pp. ISBN 0-8493-0066-5.
Verlag, New York.
are secondary signal generators. As a robot $129.95.
关7兴 Sastry S 共1999兲, Nonlinear Systems Analy- so endowed gets closer to the beacon, the This handbook provides a detailed overview of
sis, Stability and Control, Springer, New signal it emits grows stronger. A number of this vibrant, dynamic field and sets forth its state
York. robots very close to the beacon collectively of the art. It includes more than 60 articles au-
thored by a panel of academics and practitioners
make an effectively larger beacon. Homing including: overview of mechatronics; physical
9R18. Strategies for Collective Mini- on the beacon is improved, but the robots system modeling; sensors and actuators; sensors;
malist Mobile Robots. Engineering Re- are less minimal. actuators; systems and controls; signals and sys-
search Series No 6. - C Melhuish (Fac of Another assault on the minimality is made tems in mechatronics; computers and logic sys-
Eng, Univ of the West of England, UK). tems; software; and data acquisition.
in Chapter 5 by adding to the communica-
Professional Eng Publ, Suffolk, UK. 2001. tion abilities of the robots. However, the ad- 9N22. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
222 pp. ISBN 1-86058-318-0. $150.00. „MEMS…-2001. Proc of ASME Int Congress,
ditional capability is relatively simple and Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by AP Lee.
Reviewed by JE Cochran (Dept of Aero-
allows the robots to form work gangs. ASME, New York. 2001. 904 pp. ISBN 0-7918-
space Eng, Auburn Univ, 211 Aerospace 3555-3. ASME Book No I00523. $260.00.
Indirect communication is introduced in
Eng Bldg, Auburn AL 36849-5338). 共ASME members $130.00兲.
Chapter 6, and in Chapters 6 – 8, real robots
A swarm of bees has a collective intelli- Major areas of discussion presented in this col-
are used to carry out experiments. The ideas
gence different from, and in many ways, lection of 128 full-length, peer-reviewed techni-
superior to that of each of its members. of blind bulldozing with minimalistic sort- cal papers from the 2001 ASME International
Working together, wasps construct nests ing and segregation are extended in Chapter Congress include:
8. Conclusions are drawn in Chapter 9. Micro-electro-mechanical systems: MEMS
that a single wasp probably cannot even en- commercialization through teamwork; design
vision. Individual ants forage for food, but The author’s study does demonstrate methodology, modeling, and characterization of
the ant colony brings in the harvest, using ‘‘that it is possible to implement collective MEMS; novel micromachining processes and
several modes of communication. Can the minimalist strategies, based on biological packaging of MEMS; MEMS applications; mi-
principles, on simulated and real robots.’’ crosensors and microactuators; micro-
techniques and principles used by these in- thermomechanical devices and microscale heat
sects help scientists and engineers design His minimalist locomotion strategies and transfer; MEMS device design and fabrication;
simple, or minimalist robots that are less ideas of secondary swarming, control of mechanics and dynamics of MEMS; MEMS for
prone to disabling malfunctions because work gangs, and stigmergic mechanisms aerospace applications.
should be of interest to investigators in the Microfluidics: Microflows with particles and
they are so simple. Can such robots in large bubbles; instabilities and unsteady phenomena in
swarms collectively accomplish complex robotics field. microflows; molecular effects and micro-
tasks even if a large number of the indi- Libraries at universities and colleges with biofluidics; novel microfluidic devices; and ad-
vidual members of the swarm are disabled engineering and/or industrial design pro- vanced microfluidic diagnostics.
Also covered are: Fabrication and testing of
during the process? In short, ‘‘关Is it兴 pos- grams should consider purchasing the col- micro-electro-mechanical systems, Manufactur-
sible to construct a collection of simple mo- lection of monographs in the Engineering ing of MEMS and related micro/nano systems,
bile robots that can reproducibly perform Research Series. Individuals working in the micro and mesoscale energy systems and conver-
tasks that transcend the capability of the in- robotics area, especially those using bio- sion devices, Medical applications of microsys-
tems, and MEMS packaging.
dividual?’’ Addressing this question is the logical models to develop algorithms,
9N23. Optimal Control of Complex Struc-
purpose of the author of this monograph, should also be interested in Strategies for tures. - Edited by K-H Hoffmann (Res Center
which is Volume 6 in the publisher ’s Engi- Collective Minimalist Mobile Robots. Caesar, Friedensplatz 16, Bonn, 53111, Ger-
neering Research Series. Several other vol- 9N19. Fluid Power Systems and Technology- many), I Lasiecka (Dept of Math, Univ of Vir-
umes in this series focus on the use of char- 2001. Proc of ASME Int Congress, Nov 2001, ginia, Kerchof Hall, Charlottesville VA 22904),
G Leugering (Fachbereich Mathematik, Arbeits- are clarified. For the shell of negative cur- cluded in the corresponding sections, like
gruppe 10, Tech Univ Darmstadt, Schlossgarten- vature, the global modes prevail. Buckling Galileo Galilei, Cauchy, Zhuravski, etc.
str 7, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany), J Sprekels near edges of hard or soft stiffness are dis- This is a matter of opinion, certainly, but it
(Weierstrass Inst for Appl Analysis and Stochas- cussed. Of interest are the turning point gives the students a better perspective from
tics, Mohrenstr 39, Berlin, D-10117, Germany),
F Troltzsch. Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel, Swit-
problems, in which ‘‘caustics’’ are present. scientific and technological viewpoints, of
zerland. 2002. 278 pp. ISBN 3-7643-6682-6. Also the problems in which two turning the effort of mankind.
$115.00. points are near each other are given careful By the same token, one could mention the
This volume contains 22 original articles by attention. Thus the book is a valuable col- necessity of using numerical and approxi-
experts in the fields of optimal control of partial lection of asymptotic techniques. For each mate analytical methods in many problems
differential equations, shape optimization, nu- of the problems, the buckling load and of the mathematical theory of elasticity and
merical methods for partial differential equations,
and fluid dynamics, all of whom have contrib- mode shape is obtained in essentially closed the usefulness of the digital computer.
uted to the analysis and solution of many of the form. Thus the formidable problem for di- The authors deal very well with the basics
problems discussed. The collection provides an rect computation is reduced to a simple ap- of theory of plasticity. On the other hand,
overview of the most challenging and exciting proximation. Although the discussion of
recent developments in the field. something could have been mentioned
each problem is reasonably complete, the about the coupling of elastic situations with
book will be most useful to a reader who thermal phenomena, the theory of vis-
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IV. MECHANICS has a previous knowledge of shells and coelasticity 共of fundamental importance
asymptotic methods. when dealing with polymers, fabrics, soils,
OF SOLIDS etc兲, and the existence of dynamic and ther-
9R24. Asymptotic Methods in the Buck- modynamic phenomena since Nature is, es-
ling Theory of Elastic Shells. - PE Tovstik sentially, dynamic and thermal.
and AL Smirnov (St Petersburg State Univ,
Russia). World Sci Publ, Singapore. 2001.
347 pp. ISBN 981-02-4726-5. $78.00.
Reviewed by CR Steele (Div of Mech and
Comp, Stanford Univ, Durand Bldg, Room
262, Stanford CA 94305-4040).
Thin shells present a significant obstacle
for direct computational methods. The rea-
son is the existence of a characteristic dis-
tance, the square root of radius times thick-
ness, on which significant variation in the The limitation of the book is the restric-
response occurs. This is particularly signifi- tion to the linear bifurcation buckling prob-
cant for peak stress, boundary layers, and lem. The post-buckling behavior of shells is
buckling and vibration waves. To capture discussed briefly in the introduction, but
this requires a fine mesh which can become only in one line of the text that this re-
prohibitive for significant shell structures. Another point which is almost always
viewer can find. The work of Koiter, missed in strength of materials courses is
The problem is skirted in the majority of Pogorelov, and others on this problem ap-
current papers and books on computation of the fact that the subject is also of impor-
pears to be only in the list of references. A tance to electrical and electronic engineers:
shells. Typically, benchmark problems are major problem in shell stability is to deter-
used, eg, the Scordelis-Lo roof, the pinched from transmission lines to the mounting of
mine the post-buckling behavior and the transformers passing through the design of
spherical cap, which have a deformation corresponding imperfection sensitivity,
that is primarily inextensional and global, printed circuit boards. Many students in
which for some problems greatly reduce the North and South America take a course in
and can be captured with a coarse mesh. buckling load from that calculated by the
In the authors words, ‘‘the rather small strength of materials and are never told
results in this book. Despite not providing a about these facts.
class of buckling problems of elastic, general treatment of buckling, Asymptotic
smooth, thin shells under conservative sur- A synthetic treatment of experimental
Methods in the Buckling Theory of Elastic stress and strain analysis will also be of use
face and edge loads is considered.’’ A main Shells is a valuable addition to the literature
motivation is the presence of numerous ex- to the student. The reviewers certainly do
on shells.
amples of localized buckling in the litera- not mean to go into detail in these rather
ture, with the absence of any discussion of 9R25. Elements de Mecanique des specialized areas, but just want to mention
the asymptotic solutions that describe this Structures. 共Elements of the Mechanics of them with elementary discussions which
behavior in the monographs. Before the Structures兲. - M del Pedro and T Gmur prove that science and technology deal with
computer, considerable effort was expended (Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne, Nature and some of her laws, and model-
on asymptotic methods for understanding Switzerland). Presses Polytech, Lausanne. ling her is not a simple task. Ten to twelve
the local and global effects in shells. Those 2001. 262 pp. ISBN 2-88074-487-3. more pages would suffice to accommodate
knowledgeable in such techniques are now Reviewed by P Laura (Dept of Eng, Univ these topics.
nearing extinction. So reading this book Nacional del Sur, Av Alem 1253, Bahia The book does possess an outstanding or-
was a surprise and a pleasure. Blanca, 8000, Argentina) and CA Rossit ganization, it is very well written, and the
The authors follow the work of Golden- (Dept de Ingenieria, Univ Nacional del Sur, figures are clear and didactic. The reviewers
veizer and Novozhilov. The basic equations Avenida Alem 1253, Bahia Blanca, 8000, welcome the appearance of this new
are those of Novozhilov 共lines-of-curvature Argentina). strength of materials textbook. An English
coordinates兲. First, these are reduced to the This is an excellent undergraduate text- translation of Elements de Mecanique des
shallow shell, from which a general result book which deals with classical elements of Structures would be very well received.
for the local buckling of a convex shell is Strength of Materials. It will be of wide use
obtained. Subsequent chapters deal with in the corresponding undergraduate courses 9R26. Linearized Theory of Elasticity. -
general geometry and a variety of problems in civil, mechanical, and naval engineering. WS Slaughter (Dept of Mech Eng, Univ of
in which the curvature, elastic modulus, and From a philosophical viewpoint, it would Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15261). Birk-
thickness vary. The load and geometry re- have been nice if names of certain scientists hauser Boston, Cambridge MA. 2002. 543
quirements for the buckling to remain local and historical data would have been in- pp. ISBN 0-8176-4117-3. $79.95.
Reviewed by J Petrolito (Sch of Sci and applies the theory to some important prob- work, in particular for statically indetermi-
Eng, La Trobe Univ, PO Box 199, Bendigo, lems such as stress concentrations and nate cases. This principle is also used to
Vic 3550, Australia). cracks. derive a beam element stiffness matrix and
This is a graduate-level text on elasticity The book includes a good range of discus- shear flexibility matrices. The chapter also
theory that is aimed towards engineering sion and examples in each chapter to moti- covers beams 共infinite and finite兲 on elastic
students. There is a good balance between vate and complement the theory, and prob- foundations. Finally, beam vibration equa-
theory and practical applications, with the lems are also included at the end of each tions and stiffness matrices are treated.
latter being particularly important for the chapter. This book is written in a clear Chapter 3 共Columns兲 presents the stan-
stated audience. Elasticity theory is treated style, and this makes it easy for students to dard Euler theory, including beam-column
as a specialization of continuum mechanics assimilate the material. Hence, Linearized problems and imperfect columns, conclud-
rather than as an isolated theory. This ap- Theory of Elasticity can be recommended ing with a presentation of Euler’s Elastica.
proach acknowledges the basic concepts of as a good example of a modern textbook in In Chapter 4 共Cables兲, the author presents
this field. the theory of the ideal flexible suspended
continuum mechanics, without burdening
cable, leading to the catenary equation. He
the presentation with excessive generalities.
9R27. Mechanics and Analysis of then proceeds with the shallow cable
The book is divided into 11 chapters and theory. In this particular case, he examines
an appendix. The first chapter contains a Beams, Columns and Cables, Second
Edition: A Modern Introduction to the the effect of cable elasticity and flexible
brief review of some very basic under- supports. The case of a static concentrated
graduate theory on mechanics of solids. Al- Classic Theories. - S Krenk (Dept of Civil
Eng, Tech Univ of Denmark, Bldg 118, vertical load is also considered. Finally,
though the author’s intention was to link equations for small amplitude vibrations of
this material with the elasticity theory pre- Brovej, Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark).
Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 245 pp. shallow cables are derived.
sented in the remainder of the book, this A list of 25 references is given, many of
ISBN 3-540-41713-3. $54.95.
chapter does not fit well within the book
Reviewed by A Cardou (Dept of Mech which are classical works in the field 共eg,
and could have been omitted without loss. Washizu’s book on Variational Methods in
Eng, Laval Univ, Quebec PQ, G1K 7P4,
In keeping with modern trends in the field, Elasticity and Plasticity兲 or original papers
Canada).
elasticity theory is predominately devel- from the technical literature.
As stated on the back cover, Krenk’s book
oped using direct tensor and cartesian ten-
‘‘illustrates the use of simple mathematical In Appendix A 共Beam load cases兲, beam
sor notation, and the second chapter pro- bending results are summarized for typical
analysis techniques within the area of basic
vides a good introduction to these topics. end supports and applied loads. Appendix B
structural mechanics, in particular, the el-
The appendix describes the changes re- 共Integration formulas兲 gives some integra-
ementary theories of beams, columns, and
quired when dealing with curvilinear coor- tion results to be used in the application of
cables.’’ Thus, it covers material presented
dinate systems. the principle of virtual work to beam bend-
typically in undergraduate engineering cur-
Chapters 3–5 introduce the fundamental ing calculations. The book ends with a de-
ricula, in a ‘‘Strength of Materials’’ course,
concepts of the theory, namely strain mea- tailed index.
together with dynamic aspects generally
sures, stress measures and balance condi- Each chapter contains several solved ex-
found in vibrations textbooks—and all this
tions, and constitutive relationships. The as- amples and ends with a selection of prob-
material in a 245-page book.
sumptions required to obtain the linear lems. These problems are designed to illus-
In fact, the present book emphasizes basic
results from the nonlinear results are clearly trate general principles and methods and are
principles without going into the many
not oriented towards purely obtaining a nu-
described. This enables students to clearly ‘‘practical’’ applications which are usually
merical answer, as is generally the case in
understand the limitations of the linear re- found in undergraduate textbooks, and its
engineering ‘‘Strength of Materials’’ text-
sults, rather than blindly using them in in- presentation of beam, column, and cable
books. Thus, results are either non-
appropriate situations. Chapter 6 summa- theories is not as elementary as traditionally
dimensional, or parametric, eliminating the
rizes the governing equations and discusses the case. On the contrary, being based on
need for an explicit unit system. The overall
the basic issues associated with their solu- the virtual work approach, this book will
presentation, as well as figure quality, is
tion, such as boundary conditions, unique- provide an excellent preparation for those
fine. Notations and symbols generally fol-
ness of the solution, and reciprocal theo- students interested in numerical applica-
low standard practices in the field.
rems. tions and continuing on into a finite element
To sum up, the book succeeds very well
Chapters 7–9 use the theory to solve course. Also, by including some beam and
as regards the author’s stated aim of placing
some typical two- and three-dimensional cable elementary dynamic analysis, the au-
emphasis on basic principles. Mechanics
problems. The material in these chapters thor brings together notions often obscured
and Analysis of Beams, Columns and
by the fact that they are presented to stu-
covers the usual range of topics normally Cables is a welcome addition to the list of
dents in different courses.
found in elasticity books such as plane currently available textbooks on the me-
The book consists of four chapters, one
stress and place strain problems and torsion chanics of materials and structural mechan-
short introduction, followed by longer
theory. However, the three-dimensional ap- ics. With its insightful explanations and
chapters on each of the topics mentioned in
plications also include some unusual topics, very clear mathematical presentations, it
the title: beams, columns, cables. In each
namely dislocation surfaces and inclusion should also prove useful for self-study by
chapter, basic hypotheses and results are
problems. These topics are useful in the practicing engineers and those wishing to
discussed in depth and summarized in half
fields of crystalline and composite materials review the elementary mechanics of mate-
to full-page boxes. For example, Chapter 2,
and fracture mechanics. rials from a deeper viewpoint, in particular
on beams, includes 17 such boxes. Also,
Chapter 10 provides a brief discussion on with a perspective of getting into numerical
each chapter concludes with a complete fi-
energy theorems and the generation ap- methods.
nal summary. The four chapters are the fol-
proximate solutions using the Rayleigh-Ritz lowing: 9R28. Mechanics of Curved Compos-
method. The latter topic is of vital impor- Chapter 1 共Introduction兲 includes a re- ites. Solid Mechanics and its Applications,
tance for obtaining solutions for practical view of elementary notions on force sys- Vol 78. - SD Akbarov (Yildiz Tech Univ,
problems, and the material could have been tems, internal forces, principle of virtual Istanbul, Turkey) and AN Guz (Inst of
expanded to reflect this. The final chapter work, stress, strain, and beams. Mech, Natl Acad of Sci, Kiev, Ukraine).
discusses the use of complex variable Chapter 2 共Beams兲 covers the basic no- Kluwer Acad Publ, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
theory. This lengthy chapter derives general tions of beam bending theory, with empha- 2000. 441 pp. ISBN 0-7923-6477-5.
solutions of the governing equations and sis put on the use of the principle of virtual $190.00.
Reviewed by M-A Erki (Dept of Civil Eng, bodies developed by the authors, using the of this text. Among the numerous topics
Royal Military Col of Canada, PO Box exact equations of elasticity or viscoelastic- covered in the text are a brief introduction
17000 Station Forces, Kingston ON, K7K ity for anisotropic bodies. The linear and to basic plate and shell theory, a discussion
7B4, Canada). nonlinear numerical problems solved are on some common finite element formula-
This book is the 78th volume in the pres- applicable to a wide range of practical cir- tions used to model plates and shells, non-
tigious series Solid Mechanics and Its Ap- cumstances 共Problems for curved linear static formulations for large displace-
plications edited by Professor GML Glad- composites–Chapter 3; Geometrically non- ments and rotations, vibration analysis of
well. The curve in the curved composites linear problems–Chapter 8; Fracture plates and shells, nonlinear dynamics, and
refers to fiber waviness. The composites are problems–Chapter 10兲. The book is clearly stability of plates and shells. While the au-
assumed to be composed of lower strength and generously illustrated throughout the thor intends the text to emphasize the appli-
matrices reinforced with layers of high theoretical and problem-solving chapters. cation of the methods to thin-walled struc-
strength wavy fibers. Through the thickness Professors Guz and Akbarov are among tures, it should be noted that the discussions
of the composite, the fibers may be wavy the foremost authorities in this field. The on nonlinear dynamics, stability, and dy-
all in the same way, that is in-phase 共Plane- book refers to over 160 publications, nearly namic stability in the latter part of the book
curved composites–Chapter 1兲, or the fiber half of which were published by them. The are general and can be applied to a wide
waviness may be out-of-phase 共Plane-strain references span 40 years of individual and range of problems.
state in periodically curved composites– collaborative work by Guz and Akbarov,
The objective of the author is to present a
Chapter 4兲. Additionally, the waviness of with specific application to curved compos-
treatment of the nonlinear behavior of thin-
the fibers may be through two orthogonal ites in the last 20 years.
walled structures employing basic mechan-
planes 共General curved composites– While, undergraduate applied mathemat-
Chapter 2; Composites with spatially peri- ics courses may use the book as a reference ics principles and computational methods in
odic curved layers–Chapter 5; Normalized text, Mechanics of Curved Composites is a complimentary fashion. To this end, the
modulus of elasticity–Chapter 9兲, the wavy more likely applicable to graduate courses author presents many examples with ana-
fibers may be sandwiched between fiber in aeronautical and mechanical engineering. lytical solutions available. Numerical re-
layers that are composed of straight fibers Definitely, if you do numerical modeling of sults are also presented for these problems
共Chapter 4兲 or, finally, the composites may fiber composites for your work, this book in order to gain insight into the accuracy
be composed of almost entirely straight fi- will be very valuable to you. If you read and convergence of the numerical methods
bers with only localized waviness 共Locally- books of mathematics for pleasure, as many employed. Once validated the numerical
curved composites–Chapter 6兲. do, this book will spoil you for any other methods developed are then employed to
The most common occurrences of wavy for a long while. solve more complex problems for which no
fibers in composites are woven composites analytical solution exists. By solving these
共2D and 3D weaves兲, which are composed 9R29. Nonlinear Analysis of Thin- complex problems, insight into the complex
of straight fibers rendered curved by their Walled Structures: Statics, Dynamics, nonlinear behavior of thin-walled structures
passing over and under fibers in the or- and Stability. Mechanical Engineering Se- can be gained. The text contains many fig-
thogonal direction. In civil engineering ap- ries. - JF Doyle (Dept of Aeronaut and As- ures and graphs that present numerical as
plications, where composites are replacing tronaut, Purdue Univ, Lafayette IN 47907). well as exact analytical results in a compre-
steel as concrete reinforcements, fiber com- Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. 511 pp. hensive fashion. It also employs many
posites that are made into bent bars have ISBN 0-387-95216-0. $89.95. graphs that enable the visualization of com-
their fibers buckled nearest to the center of Reviewed by E DeSantiago (Dept of Civil plex time-dependent responses for the
the bend. This latter example is but one of and Architec Eng, Illinois Inst of Tech, 3201 many dynamic problems investigated. The
the fibers rendered wavy in a composite S Dearborn St, Rm 213, Chicago IL 60616- references cited in the text are extensive
owing to a fabrication process. There are 3793). and thorough. A list of problems is also in-
many others. Composites can also be unin- This book is intended primarily for gradu- cluded at the end of each chapter. Through
tentionally deformed during fabrication, ate students, researchers, and analysts inter- a website, the author makes the source code
transportation, or installation, resulting in ested in modeling and understanding the for the numerical methods employed for the
local fiber waviness. A unique feature of the complex behavior of thin-walled structures solution of the examples available to the
book is that it also tackles complicated fi- undergoing large displacements using the reader.
brous composites 共Chapter 9兲 based on the finite element method. The subject matter In summary, Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-
general formulations and solution methods of the book entails the nonlinear static and Walled Structures: Statics, Dynamics, and
presented for layered composites. dynamic analysis as well as the stability Stability is highly recommended as a refer-
What are the consequences of curved fi- analysis 共both static and dynamic兲 of thin- ence book for persons interested in analyz-
bers in composites? Compared to compos- walled plates and shells. The discussions in ing complex nonlinear static and/or dy-
ites with the same fiber volumes, but com- the text are limited to presenting nonlineari- namic behavior of plates and shells using
posed of straight fibers, wavy fibers in ties due to large displacements that result in the finite element method. The book is also
composites induce tangential and out-of- small strains. As such, a discussion on ma- highly recommended to the developers of
plane strains and stresses that result in terial nonlinearities is not included. Since such finite element codes. Finally, the text
lower ultimate strength and lower stiffness. most problems involving thin-walled struc-
can also be employed as a textbook for an
Also, wavy fibers in a composite induce dy- tures would fall into the category of large
advanced graduate course on numerical
namic, stability, and fracture responses that displacements with corresponding small
methods of analysis for plates and shells.
differ from those of straight fiber compos- strains, the omission of material nonlineari-
ites. Quantifying the mechanical behavior ties should not be considered a shortcoming
of curved composites is a complex geomet- of the book. The text also employs a coro- 9R30. Superplastic Flow: Phenomenol-
ric problem that tracks the deformations of tational scheme to present the finite element ogy and Mechanics. Engineering Materials
the curved fibers and their interaction with formulations for thin-walled structures. Series. - KA Padmanabhan (Indian Inst of
the surrounding matrix. The book is intended for an audience with Tech, Kanpur, 208016, India), RA Vasin
All the preceding merely positions the a strong theoretical background in the finite (Moscow State Univ, Moscow, 119899, Rus-
subject and relevance of this outstanding element method and in continuum mechan- sia), FU Enikeev (Inst of Metals Superplas-
book, with its elegant mathematical formu- ics. A good working knowledge of classical ticity Prob, Ufa, 450081, Russia). Springer-
lations. The formulations are based on con- methods for the analysis of plates and shells Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 363 pp. ISBN 3-540-
tinuum theories for piecewise homogenous would also be very beneficial to the reader 67842-5. $99.00.
Reviewed by MJ Zyczkowski (Inst of Mech rials science, with mathematics kept at an plications in mechanical engineering; Applica-
and Machine Des, Politechnika Krakowska, intermediate level. One can agree with the tions in structural engineering; Nonlinear struc-
Cracow Univ of Tech, ul Warszawska 24, authors that it is intended for a broad vari- tural behavior; Shape and topology optimization;
Computational methods; Optimal control; Opti-
31-155 Krakow, Poland). ety of readers: researchers working in su- mization of composites; and Computer packages.
Superplasticity is defined as the ability to perplasticity and related topics, engineers in
9N33. Continuous and Discontinuous Mod-
exhibit very large tensile elongation prior to industry, and students. It contains many eling of Cohesive-Frictional Materials. - Edited
failure. From the viewpoint of solid me- original results of the authors shown at the by PA Vermeer (Germany). Springer-Verlag,
chanics, it corresponds to finite-strain plas- background of the present state-of-the-art. New York. 2001. 321 pp. ISBN 3-540-41525-4.
ticity and viscoplasticity including metal The list of references quotes 621 entries $70.00.
forming processes. On the other hand, from plus 15 ascribed separately to Chapter 2; A knowledge of the mechanical behavior of
the viewpoint of materials science, the most they undoubtedly cover the majority of re- both naturally occurring materials, such as soils
important is the microstructure that deter- lated books and papers. The subject index is and rocks, and artificial materials such as con-
mines necessary properties, finding the well prepared, whereas the author index is crete and industrial granular matter, is of funda-
mental importance to their proper use in engi-
composition of alloys, the ranges of tem- lacking. The theoreticians may be disap- neering and scientific applications. This volume
perature and strain rate making it possible pointed by a scarce treatment of constitu- contains selected lectures by international experts
to obtain large elongations. The classical tive equations for multiaxial states, in par- on current developments and problems in the nu-
example of a superplastic material is that of ticular valid for finite strains 共though such merical modeling of cohesive-frictional materials
the eutectoid system of approximately 80% equations may be found in many papers on which provide a deeper understanding of the mi-
aluminum and 20% zinc. plasticity or viscoplasticity兲. On the other croscopic and macroscopic description of such
materials.
The book under review aims at a presen- hand, the students will be happy not to see
tation of superplasticity both from the me- very complicated formulas based on diffi- 9N34. Damage and Fracture Mechanics VII:
Computer Aided Assessment and Control.
chanical and from the metallurgical point of cult concepts introduced in such cases.
From 7th Int Conf on Assessment and Control of
view. It is divided into six chapters and four The book contains some inconsistencies. Damage and Fracture Mechanics. - Edited by CA
appendices. The first introductory chapter For example, on page 35, the authors state Brebbia (Wessex Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK).
gives historical background, basic concepts, that the analysis in superplasticity should WIT Press, Southampton, UK. 2002. 600 pp.
and typical mathematical descriptions of follow the theory of finite strain, but on the ISBN 1-85312-926-7. $299.00.
uniaxial state of stress. Particular attention same page they note that all the problems in This book takes an integrated approach to the
is paid to Norton’s power creep law and its their book are discussed for small deforma- problem of fracture, fatigue, and safe design. Par-
direct generalization to viscoplasticity— tion. On page 37, the authors write: ‘‘Only ticular emphasis is placed on advanced theories
they are the most frequently used in super- logarithmic strain tensor is popular and and novel computational approaches. The mate-
rial encompasses areas such as: fracture mechan-
plasticity. The second chapter, Mechanics clear among specialists in superplasticity,’’
ics and fracture criteria; composite materials;
of solids, presents fundamental concepts of but the general definition of such a tensor is crack propagation and control; dynamic fracture;
continuum mechanics, in particular of plas- not given 共like, for example, by J Betten, fatigue; failure analysis; creep and high tempera-
ticity and creep, and discusses various as- Kontinuumsmechanik, Springer 1993, p ture problems; microstructural and microme-
pects of experimental investigations in solid 44兲. chanical modeling; environmental effects; indus-
mechanics. Chapter 3, the longest, Consti- Nevertheless, in conclusion Superplastic trial applications; contact fracture; biomechanics;
tutive equations for superplastics 共80 pp兲 is Flow: Phenomenology and Mechanics may smart materials; forensic engineering; and re-
sidual stresses.
in its majority devoted to uniaxial states be recommended to the researchers, engi-
and just the last 15 pages deal with the gen- neers, and students, in view of its original- 9N35. Dynamic Failure in Composite Mate-
rials and Structures. Proc of ASME Congress,
eral multiaxial states and use tensorial no- ity, comprehensive treatment, valuable ref- Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by YDS Raja-
tation. The uniaxial constitutive equations erences, and formulation of many directions pakse. ASME, New York. 2001. 132 pp. ISBN
are divided into phenomenological and of future research. 0-7918-3576-6. ASME Book No I00544. $80.00.
physical equations. The first group dis- 9N31. Adaptive Structures and Material 共ASME members $40.00兲.
cusses many generalizations of Maxwell’s Systems–2001. Proc of ASME Congress Nov The topics covered by these 12 full-length,
and Bingham’s bodies and the relevant me- 2001, New York. - Edited by J Main and J Shaw. peer-reviewed papers include high strain rate ef-
chanical models including nonlinear vis- ASME, New York. 2001. 460 pp. ISBN 0-7918- fects, dynamic failure modes, dynamic fracture
3553-7. ASME Book No I00521. $170.00. toughness, intersonic fracture, impact damage,
cous elements. Examples of the materials 共ASME members $85.00兲.
conforming to particular models are sup- post repair ballistic response, and damping. The
This is a collection of 51 full-length, peer- materials systems covered include monolithic
plied in most cases. Physical equations in- reviewed technical papers covering the following composites, composite sandwich structures, and
clude microstructural parameters like the topic areas: industrial applications of smart struc- sandwich core materials.
grain size, but the authors state that the tures technology; analysis of adaptive structural
systems; inflatable and deployable structures; 9N36. Engineering and Technology 1650-
problem of validity and meaning of physi- structural modeling and system identification; 1750: Illustrations and Texts from Original
cal parameters is beyond the scope of their compliant mechanisms; adaptive and material Sources. - Edited by M Jensen. Dover Publ, Mi-
book. Multiaxial states are restricted to the systems design; active vibration isolation and neola NY. 2002. 207 pp. Softcover. ISBN 0-486-
strain-hardening creep and Ilyushin’s theory control; shape memory alloys; induced strain ac- 42232-1. $21.95.
tuation; control of adaptive material actuators; is-
of elastic-plastic processes. Chapters 4 and sues in modeling adaptive materials; and proto- This book is an unabridged Dover 共2002兲 re-
5 consider applications to the problems of type adaptive systems. publication of Civil Engineering around 1700,
metalworking: bulging, sheet forming, bulk originally published by Danish Technical Press,
9N32. Computer Aided Optimum Design of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1969.
forming, extrusion, drawing, and deforma- Structures VII. Proc of 7th Int Conf, Bologna, Summarized on the book’s back cover, ‘‘This
tion processing. Numerical methods are dis- Italy, May 2001. - Edited by S Hernandez (Univ
work was compiled to give an account of the
cussed in detail, but several analytical solu- of La Coruna, Spain) and CA Brebbia (Wessex building techniques used about the year 1700, in-
Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK). WIT Press,
tions are given as well. Short Chapter 6 is telligible to a structural engineer born after 1900.
Southampton, UK. Distributed in USA by Com- To do so, the author drew upon actual texts and
devoted to theoretical and experimental per- put Mech Publ, Billerica MA. 448 pp. ISBN
spectives of superplasticity. Two appendi- illustrations used by engineers in the seventeenth
1-853-12868-6. $237.00. and eighteenth centuries. 共Surprisingly, a large
ces deal with finite-strain kinematics of sol- Contributions from specialists working number of ancient construction techniques are
ids and its applications. The remaining two throughout the world at universities, research still in use today.兲’’
discuss dimensional analysis and group centers, and in industry are included. These cover
state-of-the-art advances in research together 9N37. Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics, Vol-
properties of thermoviscoplasticity. with a broad variety of practical applications in ume 13: Crack-Microstructure Interaction,
The book is written clearly, from the engineering practice. The book features over 40 R-Curve Behavior, Environmental Effects in
viewpoint of mechanics, physics, and mate- papers divided under the following headings: Ap- Fracture, and Standardization Proc of 7th Int
Symp, July 1999, Moscow. - Edited by RC Bradt in this book are organized into the following sec-
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(Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL), D Munz tions: Changing material properties; Corrosion; V. MECHANICS
(Univ Karlsruhe, Germany), M Sakai (Toyohashi Damage, fatigue, and fracture mechanics; Laser
Univ of Tech, Japan), VYa Shevchenko (Russian surface treatment; Residual stress effect; Shot OF FLUIDS
Acad of Sci, Moscow, Russia), KW White (Univ peening; Surface coating; and Thermal processes.
of Houston, Houston TX). Kluwer Acad/Plenum, 9N42. Surfaces and their Measurement. - 9R44. Modeling in Materials Process-
New York. 2002. 538 pp. ISBN 0-306-46663-5. Edited by DJ Whitehouse (Dept of Eng, Warwick ing. - JA Dantzig and CL Tucker III (Dept
$165.00. Univ, UK). Hermes Sci Publ, Paris. 2001. 400 pp. of Mech and Indust Eng, Univ of Illinois
The theme of the symposium focused on the ISBN 1-903996-01-5.
mechanical behavior of advanced ceramics in Urbana-Champaign, IL). Cambridge UP,
The importance of surface metrology has long
terms of the cracks, particularly the crack- been recognized in manufacturing and mechani-
New York. 2001. 363 pp. Softcover 共Hard-
microstructure interaction, delayed failure, and cal engineering, but now with the development cover ISBN: 0-521-77063-7, $130.00兲.
environmental effects in fracture. Special atten- of advanced techniques, it has application in ISBN 0-521-77923-5. $47.95.
tion was paid to the novel methods in fracture
mechanics testing, pre-standardization, and stan- semiconductors, electronics, and optics. The Reviewed by M Foster (Dept of Aeronaut
dardization. Authors from 19 countries repre- study of surfaces has reached down to atomic and Astronaut Eng, Ohio State Univ, Co-
sented the current state of the field. dimensions. This book covers both the theoreti- lumbus OH 43210).
cal background and practical applications. Con-
9N38. Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics, Vol- tents include surface metrology and nature of
This book represents a combining of ma-
ume 13: Crack-Microstructure Interaction, surfaces; measurement of the surface; profile pa- terials and approaches generated over a pe-
R-Curve Behavior, Environmental Effects in riod of years by two faculty members
Fracture, and Standardization. Proc of 7th Int rameter characterization; surface metrology in
Symp held at the Presidium of the Russian Acad manufacture; function and surfaces; surface fin- teaching courses in polymer processing and
of Sci, Moscow, Russia, July 1999. - Edited by ish instrumentation; stylus instruments; optical metal solidification at the University of Illi-
RC Bradt (Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL), D methods; scanning microscopes; errors; round- nois. I am not able to find any indication by
Munz (Univ Karlsruhe, Germany), M Sakai ness; cylindricity, sphericity, etc; instrument de- the authors about the level of the course,
(Toyohashi Univ of Tech, Japan), VY sign for minimum error; calibration of instru-
ments; and sampling numerical analysis. but based on the informal style of the book
Shevchenko (Russian Acad of Sci, Moscow, Rus- and the level of the problems, this book ap-
sia), KW White (Univ of Houston TX). Kluwer 9N43. Threaded and Riveted Connections,
Design Issues, Reliability, Stress Analysis, and pears to be targeted to advanced under-
Acad Publ, Norwell MA. 2001. 538 pp. ISBN
0-306-46663-5. $165.00. Failure Prevention. Proc of ASME Congress, graduate or lower-level graduate students.
The theme of the symposium focused on the Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by E Sancaktar. The derivations are generally done well, if
mechanical behavior of advanced ceramics in ASME, New York. 2001. 120 pp. ISBN 0-7918- sometimes wanting a bit in rigor. The au-
terms of cracks, particularly the crack- 3571-5. ASME Book No I00539. $80.00. thors’ approach is deductive—begin with
microstructure interaction, delayed failure, and 共ASME members $40.00兲. the basic equations, then specialize them to
environmental effects in fracture. Special atten- This collection of 12 full-length, peer-reviewed
tion was paid to the novel methods in fracture particular situations—because the authors
technical papers covers the following major topic state in the preface that they are dissatisfied
mechanics testing, pre-standardization, and stan-
areas: Bolted and riveted connections, Adhesive
dardization.
joints, General RSAFP and design problems, and
共and rightly so, in this reviewer’s view兲
9N39. NDE Challenges of the 21st Century: Composite materials and components. with ad hoc approaches to modeling.
Theory to Practice. Proc of ASME Int Con- Hence, they begin with dimensional analy-
gress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by C Computational Contact and Impact Me-
chanics: Fundamentals of Modeling Interfa- sis, which then forms a basis for various
Cetinkaya. ASME, New York. 2001. 156 pp. approximations in the modeling phase,
ISBN 0-7918-3583-9. ASME Book No I00551. cial Phenomena in Nonlinear Finite Element
leading then to ‘‘canonical problems’’ that
$80.00. 共ASME members $40.00兲. Analysis. - TA Laursen (Dept of Civil and Env
This is a collection of 19 full-length, peer- Eng, Pratt Sch of Eng, Duke Univ, Box 90287, are solvable analytically. These canonical
reviewed technical papers covering ultrasonic Durham NC 27708-0287). Springer-Verlag, Ber- problems presumably exhibit the essential
techniques; aging aircraft and infrastructure; la- lin. 2002. 454 pp. ISBN 3-540-42906-9. $89.95. details of particular physical phenomena,
ser ultrasonics; NDE of composites; fatigue, cor- 共Under review兲 but without unnecessary complexity. The
rosion, damage detection, and sizing; emerging authors have been largely successful in car-
techniques; MDE of MEMS and microstructures; Deformation and Fracture Behavior of Poly-
material characterization; thermal methods; and mers. Engineering Materials Series. - Edited rying out their stated goals.
bonds, interfaces, and coating. by W Grellmann (Dept of Eng Sci, Martin-
9N40. Proceedings of the Symposium on Luther-Univ of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle,
Nanotribology and Nanotechnology for 1 D-06099, Germany) and S Seidler (Inst of Mat
TbitÕin 2. Proc of ASME/STLE Int Joint Tribol- Sci and Testing, Vienna Univ of Tech, Favoriten-
ogy Conf, Oct 2001, San Francisco. - Edited by
AA Polycarpou and C Singh Bhatia. ASME, New str 9-11, Vienna, A-1040, Austria). Springer-
York. 2001. 104 pp. ISBN 0-7918-1687-7. Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 599 pp. ISBN 3-540-
ASME Book No G01181. $70.00. 共ASME mem- 41247-6. $99.00. 共Under review兲
bers $35.00兲. Mechanical Evaluation Strategies for Plas-
This collection of 13 full-length, peer-reviewed tics Materials. - DR Moore (ICI Tech, Witton
papers focuses on the state-of-the-art of nano- Res Center, UK) and S Turner (Queen Mary and
technology and nanotribology for 1 Tbit/in2 . Westfield Col, Univ of London, UK). Woodhead
Topics investigated by leading academic and in- Publ Ltd, Cambridge, UK. 2001. 328 pp. ISBN
dustrial researchers include: flyability and micro/
nonotribomechanics; smart media lubricant and 1-85573-379-X. $195.00. 共Under review兲
lubricant interaction 共nanotribochemistry兲; na- Mechanics of Periodically Heterogenous
nometer thick carbon overcoats 共nanotribomate- Structures. Foundations of Engineering Me-
rials兲; system tribotesting; thermal asperities of A few comments on the overall structure
giant mangnetoresistive 共GMR兲 heads; and rel- chanics. - LI Manevitch, IV Andrianov, VG
evant nanotribological issues for extremely high Oshmyan (Inst of Chem Phys, 4 Kosygin St, Mos- of the book ought to be made. The introduc-
density tape recording. cow, 117977, Russia). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. tory chapter contains a long 共14-page兲 dis-
9N41. Surface Treatment V: Computer 2002. 264 pp. ISBN 3-540-41630-7. $89.95. cussion of modeling issues in 1D traffic
Methods and Experimental Measurements for 共Under review兲 flow, done in an interesting way, but it
Surface Treatment Effects Proc of 5th Int Conf, seems to this reviewer wholly out of place
Seville, Spain, June 2001. - Edited by CA Breb- Variational Inequality Approach to Free
Boundary Problems with Applications in in this book. The equations of motion are
bia (Wessex Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK).
Mould Filling. ISNM, Vol 136. - J Steinbach derived in Chapter 2, in a generally satis-
WIT Press, Southampton, UK. Distributed in
USA by Comput Mech Publ, Billerica MA. 448 (Gartnerstr 8, Augsburg, 86153, Germany). factory fashion using the Reynolds Trans-
pp. ISBN 1-853-12873-2. $239.00. Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel, Switzerland. 2002. port Theorem; there is a very cursory dis-
Focusing on the application of advanced theo- 294 pp. ISBN 3-7643-6582-X. $149.00. 共Under cussion of deformation and stress tensors,
ries and experimental techniques, the 39 papers review兲 which is probably at the right level for the
Appl Mech Rev vol 55, no 5, September 2002 Books Reviews B95
共presumed兲 target audience. There is a WF Florez (Pontifical Bolivariana Univ, can be avoided either if one knows a par-
brief, and in this reviewer’s view, ill- Colombia). WIT Press, Southampton, UK. ticular solution of Eq. 共1兲 which is not often
considered treatment of irrotational, invis- 2001. 132 pp. ISBN 1-85312-860-0. the case, or if b can be expanded in a series
cid flows; the Bernoulli equation; etc. $97.00. of functions, which is the principle of the
Surely most students taking a course from Reviewed by PM Adler (IPGP, 4 Place Dual Reciprocity Method 共DRM兲.
this book would have already seen this ma- Jussieu, Paris Cedex 05, 75252, France). The rest of Chapter 2 is devoted to the
terial. After a nice chapter on dimensional The purpose of this concise short book is derivation of the Green’s identities for a
analysis and modeling, the authors come to to develop a numerical technique to solve Newtonian incompressible fluid. Basically,
Chapter 4, the bulk of which is a short and nonlinear problems in fluid mechanics us- the resulting equations have the same form
out-of-place reiteration of very elementary ing the Boundary Element Method 共BEM兲. as Eq. 共2兲; it is important to note that the
engineering heat transfer problems: tran- The book starts by an introductory chapter nonlinear terms due to inertia generate an
sient 1D heat flow, steady 3D heat transfer. that surveys the BEM applied to the solu- integral over the domain ⍀. The classical
After 20 pages, they finally come to the tion of nonlinear flow problems and the re- Stokeslets and Stresslets are defined.
Stefan problem, which is treated very care- lated literature. It provides the objectives Chapter 3 presents the Boundary Element
fully, and at the right level, over the next 14 and motivations of this volume. An over- Method; this name stems from the fact that
pages, balancing effectively between the view of the book ends this introduction. the boundary integrals are evaluated nu-
mathematics and the physics. One can roughly distinguish three major merically over segments or elements into
Chapters 5– 8 then deal with the primary parts; a first one that includes Chapters 2, 3, which the boundary is divided. In order to
topics of special interest to the authors: and 4, introduces some general tools. Chap- avoid difficulties due to the integral over
Newtonian lubrication theory, non- ters 5, 6, and 7 present the multi-domain the domain itself, the methodology is illus-
Newtonian fluids, Hele-Shaw flow, formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations trated by the Stokes equations in two di-
buoyancy-driven flows, flows with free sur- and of the Stokes equations for non- mensions. The discretized equations are put
faces, and directional solidification. The Newtonian fluids, and a numerical solution under a matrix form and a series of techni-
of nonlinear systems of algebraic equations. cal difficulties such as the numerical evalu-
discussion of interfacial forces, and later,
A last part composed by Chapters 8 and 9 ation of weakly singular integrals and the
mass transfer at a solidification front, are
provides two examples of application. discontinuities at corner points are ad-
done quite skillfully, with adequate atten-
tion to the underlying physics. Oddly, how- dressed. The chapter is ended by a section
ever, in the midst of these chapters that go on the multi-domain technique where a
to the heart of the subject, is Section 5.4.2: complex domain can be decomposed into
‘‘Flows with significant inertia,’’ with an al- several domains; at the boundaries between
together inadequate discussion of the Ray- the domains, continuity of the velocities
leigh problem, developing boundary layers and of the stresses is required.
in a pipe 共a very dated, Schlichting-like Since the Navier-Stokes equations contain
treatment兲, and separated flows past bluff nonlinear terms, the equivalent of Eq. 共2兲
bodies 共also very inadequate and mislead- will contain a volume integral. The Dual
ing兲, culminating in a discussion of instabil- Reciprocity Approximation consists of ex-
ity, DNS, and turbulent averaging—all of panding the inertial terms as a series of
this in 10 pages! This information is com- known interpolating functions; the possible
pletely out of place in this book. The au- choices which have been made in the litera-
thors are very good at what they do, but ture, are briefly reviewed. A series of tech-
they should leave aerodynamics alone. The Chapter 2 is a useful derivation and com- nical problems are then addressed such as
buoyancy-driven flow chapter, by contrast, pilation of classical formula such as the treatment of the pseudo-body forces
is well organized and insightful. The final Green’s identities for scalar fields, which term and the approximation of derivatives.
chapter includes discussion of the Gulliver- are immediately applied to the linear Pois- Finally, a mass conservative interpolation
Scheil equation and a long derivation of the son equation for the velocity derivatives is proposed in
Mullins-Sekerka instability at a planar so- two dimensions.
lidification front. The chapter does not, ⵜ 2 u⫽b (1) Chapters 5 and 6 start the multi-domain
It is hard to follow the reasoning if this el- formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations
however, make note of the wealth of recent
ementary example is not detailed. It can be and of the Stokes equations for non-
work on solidification modeling and den-
shown that u at the point ␰ can be expressed Newtonian fluids. Basically, these two
dritic scaling laws, which has made Scheil’s
as chapters end up with an elegant matrix for-
equation largely irrelevant.
mulation of the equations to be solved.
冕
The adoption of Modeling in Materials
⳵u Chapter 6 contains unexpected details about
Processing is certainly recommended for a
c共 ␰ 兲 u 共 ␰ 兲 ⫽ ␯ d⌫ the physicochemical aspects of non-
specialized materials processing course, or ⌫ ⳵n Newtonian fluids, and still more surprising
perhaps for a first course in non-Newtonian
冕冕
about their industrial applications.
phenomena. This reviewer resonates very ⳵␯ Chapter 7 provides a numerical technique
much with Dantzig and Tucker’s systematic ⫺ u d⌫- ␯ bd⍀
⌫ ⳵n ⍀ which is well suited to the solution of non-
approach to the subject of modeling mate- linear systems of algebraic equations that
rials processing; their interesting examples (2) arise from the boundary element method. In
and vast numbers of problems reinforce where ␯ is a solution of the equation a few pages, the author succeeds in giving a
their outlook. With so much of our engi- simple presentation of the main ideas and
neering culture now oriented toward nu- ⵜ 2 v⫽⫺ ␦ 共 x⫺ ␰ 兲 (3) then in applying them to the BEM equa-
merical schemes for solving ‘‘real-world’’ c共␰兲 is a constant which depends on the po- tions.
problems, it is refreshing to encounter a sition of the point ␰. Finally, the last two chapters are devoted
book that emphasizes modeling and the un- Equation 共2兲 clearly shows that u depends to numerical applications of the techniques
derstanding of basic phenomena. on the boundary values of u and of its de- developed so far; Chapter 8 adresses, in a
rivatives along the boundary ⌫, but also on detailed manner, driven cavity flows. Chap-
9R45. Nonlinear Flow using Dual Reci- values within the domain ⍀ because of the ter 9 first successfully compares analytical
procity. Topics in Engineering, Vol 38. - presence of the last integral. Such a term solutions for power law fluids to numerical
data for slit flow and Couette flow; then, the important scientific and engineering op- that they can be studied independently and
flows in mixers are determined for the same portunities and discoveries that continue to in arbitrary order.’’ The final chapter briefly
fluids. This chapter is ended by a long sec- appear within this well-entrenched disci- explores a natural capstone area. Aspects of
tion which should stand alone as a separate pline. For a variety of reasons, these new- turbulence appear in several places, but it is
chapter in order to provide an overview comers sometimes have a difficult time not a mainstream topic of the book.
over the whole work. breaking into the established patterns for The material of the first two chapters,
This short book presents in a condensed the formal use of such material. Physics of fluids and Diffusion of momen-
way how to implement the BEM to Navier- According to its preface, Physical Hydro- tum under various flow conditions, fills
Stokes equations and power law fluids. It is dynamics ‘‘was written primarily from the nearly 90 pages. Both display an interest in
reasonably self-contained, and as such, it is point of view of an experimental physi- the relationships between microscopic char-
a valuable tool for any beginner in the field. cist;’’ it is an English edition of a book acteristics and macroscopic properties. The
It should have been very useful to find in originally published in 1991 for a ‘‘French- starting point is the transport of heat and
this book the basic routines in one language speaking physics audience.’’ The authors mass by diffusion, which is followed by the
or another. mention their attempt to ‘‘adapt the style increasingly important topic of surface ef-
This book is written in a pleasant way and form 关of the book兴 to one which might fects, including surface tension. The ex-
with an apparently very small number of prove more comfortable to North American amples for the latter topic are well chosen.
errors; this reviewer could only find one in audiences...’’ They further state that the The first chapter ends with 15 pages on the
formula 共2.29兲 where S obviously stands ‘‘text has been extended...to increase the spectroscopy of liquids. Chapter 2 extends
for ⌫. content in applications, and bring it a step the treatment of the transport of 共scalar兲
A minor criticism is the use of component closer to an engineering approach.’’ The ex- mass and heat to the diffusive and convec-
notation for vectors and tensors; a dyadic pected background for the study of the tive transfer of 共vector兲 momentum; related
formulation of all the formula would have book is not addressed although the brief motivating examples are used as appropri-
provided a much more efficient framework. foreword by PG DeGennes notes that ‘‘this ate. The property of viscosity and the coef-
Another minor criticism is the lack of re- textbook...is not directed towards students ficient of viscosity are discussed macro-
lation of the presented material with what who are totally uninitiated.’’ For these rea- scopically and microscopically. An
has been done in the literature; for instance, sons, one approaches the book with some interesting introduction of the Reynolds
is the technique presented in Chapter 7 uncertainty about its possible role in an number 共Re兲 through a comparison of dif-
comparable to the well-known Picard tech- educational system in which engineering fusive and convective effects for momen-
nique alluded to in page 97. In the same students are the primary audience for for- tum and a set of similar results for mass and
vein, an index would have probably proved mal courses in fluid mechanics. Some hints heat transport are provided. The chapter
to be useful. Moreover, a finite volume for- and opinions in this regard will be passed ends with an example-based description of
mulation could be made to discretize the along as this review continues. It is worth different flow regimes as Re changes;
integrals over the boundary; has this been noting that many members of the fluid- whether it provides motivation or frustra-
done? How does it compare with the pro- mechanics community, whether engineers tion will likely depend on the preparation
posed approach? or scientists, would probably argue in favor and talent of the reader, of whom a fair
This reviewer also finds the absence of of more physical arguments and under- amount is expected.
any physical comments whatsoever some- standing in fluid-mechanics courses. Chapter 3, Kinematics of fluids, starts with
times puzzling. For instance, Eq. 共2.29兲 is a As expected, the book is attractively pro- the usual kinematic topics, velocity, accel-
very intuitive result. The terms of Stokes- duced; its figures and photographs are help- eration, Eulerian and Lagrangian descrip-
lets and Stresslets should have been com- ful to the reader. The publisher should also tions, and steamlines, streaklines, and path-
mented more thoroughly in physical terms be thanked for the existence of a softcover lines; there are no surprises in this material.
since there was a large use of these conversion. It totals nearly 500 pages and is The following section on flow visualization
cepts in the field of low Reynolds numbers organized into 10 chapters, several with is more interesting, as is the material on the
hydrodynamics in the seventies. beneficial appendices, and a longer appen- deformation in fluids, the local conservation
To conclude, Nonlinear Flow Using Dual dix on superfluid helium at its end; incom- of mass, incompressibility, the stream func-
Reciprocity represents a valuable tool that pressible modeling is used throughout. tion, and the measurement of velocity and
should be present on the shelves of any be- Each chapter has a short, useful abstract. velocity gradients. The next chapter, Dy-
ginner in the field. This reviewer also The bibliography is limited in scope, but namics of fluids: Local equations, continues
strongly recommends it as a basis for a spe- does include some references to pertinent the treatment of selected fundamentals,
cialized course on the subject. films and experiments. The lack of any moving efficiently from Newton’s equation
problems for solution by students is a nega- of viscosity to the Navier-Stokes equations,
9R46. Physical Hydrodynamics. - E tive factor for possible classroom users, and with a detour to discuss some examples of
Guyon (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, certain analogies, for example, with electro- non-Newtonian behavior. Devotees of con-
France), J-P Hulin (CNRS Laboratoire Flu- magnetic field theory, scattered here and tinuum mechanics would argue that the
ides, Automatique et Systemes Thermiques, there in the book, are likely wasted on most symmetry of the stress tensor is a conse-
Univ Paris Sud, Orsay, France), L Petit engineering students. While the authors quence of a basic principle, would probably
(Univ de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, France), choose not to do so, the book might be di- be more careful in the use of strains versus
CD Mitescu (Pomona Col, Claremont CA). vided into several general sections. The strain-rates, and might expect a definition
Oxford UP, Oxford, UK. 2001. 505 pp. first, consisting of Chapters 1 and 2, pro- for mechanical pressure 共pages 132 and
Softcover 共Hardcover ISBN: 0-19- vides a fairly involved start, very much 142兲. Once the Navier-Stokes equations are
851746-7, $100.00兲. ISBN 0-19-851745-9. from the point of view of a physicist; many available, attention turns to the correspond-
$50.00. engineers can reasonably expect to have ing boundary conditions, and, finally, to the
Reviewed by DF Jankowski (Dept of difficulty with some of this material, for ex- solutions of a series of example flow prob-
Mech and Aerospace Eng, Arizona State ample, the spectroscopy of liquids. Chap- lems, both standard and non-standard. Ex-
Univ, PO Box 875506, Tempe AZ 85287- ters 3, 4, and 5, which introduce kinematics perimental results are available for some of
5506). and the local and global governing equa- these examples, but are not provided. The
Books and monographs on fluid mechan- tions, form a general section on fundamen- use of ‘‘low velocities’’ in a discussion re-
ics that explore new topics and enliven old tals. The authors refer to the next four chap- lated to eliminating certain terms from the
ones with fresh insights continue to be writ- ters as the ‘‘basis of fluid mechanics,’’ and Navier-Stokes equations 共page 147兲 is un-
ten. This reality is a natural consequence of note that they are structured ‘‘in such a way necessarily casual. Chapter 5, Conservation
laws, focuses on selective treatments of In summary, it can be fairly stated that two-dimensional Euler equations, and some
various aspects of the conservation of mass, this book, Physical Hydrodynamics con- possible flow fields are discussed 共some of
momentum, and 共kinetic兲 energy. The major tains many parts of varying size and often these examined by numerical experiments兲.
ideas are the global 共control volume兲 forms subtle insights that individual readers, in- Some of the diagrams shown here are for
of these equations, and derivations and ap- cluding experienced teachers, will find ap- transonic flows 共but transonic only appears
plications of the Bernoulli equation. A num- pealing, depending upon their needs and three times in the index as does mixed prob-
ber of largely routine examples that can be purposes. Some of them will probably find lem兲. Possibly, more should have been
found in many undergraduate engineering their way into graduate or transitional made of such transonic flows.
textbooks occupies the final portion of the senior-graduate courses. While the book One of the strong points of the text is the
chapter. contains too much material to uncover in a detailed discussion of the many possible so-
The next chapter, Potential flow, is sub- typical academic semester, several different lutions of the sets of equations considered.
stantially longer than each of the previous courses might be formed from it. Many stu- Many of these solutions are shown dia-
three chapters. Its contents provide a largely dents would be challenged—this is not a grammatically, some from numerical com-
historical account of a classical subject. The criticism—by its expectations that the putation. Thus, as mentioned above, Chap-
topics treated are flows generated by se- reader think and reason both in and outside ter 7 does this for the axisymmetric
lected potential functions, forces on ob- the framework of mathematical modeling. solutions, while Chapter 8 provides the
stacles, surface waves, and the use of Finally, in spite of a wish that the an- same service for the full two-dimensional
complex-variable theory for potential flows. nounced step toward an engineering ap- Euler equations. Some of these solutions
Chapter 7, Vorticity: Dynamics of vortices, proach had been a bit longer, it is reason- have regions of flow at zero density and so
is an obvious next step, and connections be- able to offer the opinion that this is a book are not of physical interest. Chapters 9 and
tween these two chapters are noted. The that should find a place in offices and cu- 10 consider a flux splitting of the two-
electromagnetic analogue of vorticity is bicles whose occupants believe in the need dimensional Euler equations. The final
used freely in the discussion. After the con- for understanding its inventory of concepts chapter contains a short discussion of the
cept of circulation, the transport equation from fluid mechanics. basic numerical methods suitable for the
for vorticity, and their consequences are problems under study in the text.
studied at length, attention is turned toward 9R47. Systems of Conservation Laws: The engineer may find the text less satis-
a series of examples, systems of vortex Two-Dimensional Riemann Problems. factory than would the applied mathemati-
lines, vortex sheets, and vortex rings, pro- Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equa- cian since there is little physical motivation
viding another serious task for the reader. tions and Their Applications, Vol 38. - Yuxi for the problems discussed. There is also
The longest chapter in the book, Flow at Zheng (Dept of Math, Indiana Univ, Bloom- little physical interpretation of the results
Low Reynolds Numbers, appears next. This ington IN 47405). Birkhauser Boston, Cam- obtained. The problems discussed are, in
subject is attractive because small Re is rel- bridge MA. 2001. 317 pp. ISBN 0-8176- the physical sense, those of inviscid motion.
evant in many situations and because its 4080-0. $69.95. Only in a few places are the viscous equa-
linear mathematical base allows relatively Reviewed by TH Moulden (Dept of Aero- tions discussed in the text and then only to
simple theoretical determinations of flow space Eng, Univ of Tennessee Space Inst, provide a limiting condition for an entropy
properties, such as the forces and torques BH Goethert Pkwy, Tullahoma TN 37388- criterion used to select appropriate solu-
acting on a moving solid body. The flow 8897). tions. Many of the difficulties in selecting
past a sphere at low Re and related varia- The text under review is based upon the solutions would not be in evidence for the
tions are given complete treatments. The contents of a course on partial differential viscous flow equations. In the terminology
chapter closes with fairly detailed discus- equations offered at Indiana University. The of aerodynamics, the Euler limit is not 共nec-
sions of a problem from the so-called lubri- subtitle, Two-Dimensional Riemann Prob- essarily兲 benign due to the change in
cation theory, the dynamics of suspensions, lems, indicates the main thrust of the book. boundary conditions between the two types
and flow in porous media. The initial por- However, the early chapters 共1– 4兲 are re- of equation. The limit is a singular one in
tion of Chapter 9, Laminar boundary lay- stricted to discussing the basic phenomena the sense of boundary layer theory. This is
ers, differs in some details from standard in the one-dimensional case. These phe- not discussed in Zheng’s book.
engineering sources, but it still focuses on nomena include the notion of characteris- Systems of Conservation Laws: Two-
the usual boundary layer on a flat plate and tics and Riemann invariants and, of course, Dimensional Riemann Problems provides a
the special characteristics of similarity shock waves. Numerical methods are intro- good list of references and commentary on
boundary layers, which, according to the duced, but not in detail. Glimm’s scheme is this literature at the ends of the appropriate
authors, ‘‘apply very generally in a wide also introduced at this point. Difficulties in chapters. There are also exercises at the end
variety of situations.’’ Insufficient back- finding solutions 共as stated in the von Neu- of chapters 共but more would be welcome兲.
ground for approaching more general appli- mann paradoxes兲 are noted, but the pos- The book is recommended for its intended
cations, such as the boundary layer on an sible resolution via a viscous solution is not audience.
airfoil or an internal boundary layer, is pro- discussed.
vided. The later portion of the chapter is Chapter 5 introduces the two-dimensional 9R48. Theory and Applications of Non-
somewhat more promising, with its discus- scalar Riemann problem and reviews en- viscous Fluid Flows. - RK Zeytounian (Re-
sion related to various aspects of separation tropy conditions as well as the Rankine- tired). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2002. 294
followed by a more technical treatment of Hugoniot relations in multidimensions. pp. ISBN 3-540-41412-6. $84.95.
an interesting series of non-standard topics These are some of the concepts needed for Reviewed by J Crepeau (Dept of Mech.
including mass, thermal, and concentration the rest of the text. Chapter 6 continues the Eng., Univ of Idaho, 1776 Science Center
boundary layers, and laminar wakes. discussion of this problem and also intro- Dr, Idaho Falls ID 83402).
The final chapter is a useful treatment of duces the pseudo-characteristics. Axisym- There is no dearth of texts on inviscid
Hydrodynamic instabilities, an area of fluid metric problems are introduced in Chapter flows, so any new contribution must distin-
mechanics to which physicists have made 7, and their many distinct flow cases dis- guish itself from the pack. The author
important contributions. Most attention is cussed. This is a long chapter 共over 70 chooses to do this by presenting, in his
devoted to the exploration of the instabili- pages兲, and the material is treated in detail. view, a modern approach to key problems
ties due to buoyancy, temperature- The appendix to Chapter 7 proves some in nonviscous fluid flow. The book treats a
dependent surface tension, and centrifugal theorems relevant to the material in the variety of fluids applications from an ap-
force; differing shear-flow instabilities are chapter. plied mathematics as opposed to theoretical
treated only briefly. In Chapter 8, attention is turned to the or high-level mathematical perspective.
Much of the abstract nature and mathemati- homework problems or example problems, Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited byUS
cal rigor of presenting hypotheses and prov- though one could argue that from Chapter 4 Rohatgi. ASME, New York. 2001. 384 pp. ISBN
ing theorems is avoided, and the focus is on on, each section is a solution of a particular 0-7918-3572-3. ASME Book No I00540.
$150.00. 共ASME members $75.00兲.
the nuts and bolts of various techniques to problem. It is written at an advanced gradu-
This annual collection includes 46 full-length,
solve problems. ate level; a previous course in perturbation peer-reviewed technical papers on bifurcation,
The first three chapters are devoted to methods is helpful in following the presen- instability, and hysteresis in fluid flow; global
general fluid models and an overview of so- tation, since the focus is on these tech- measurements–techniques and industrial applica-
lution techniques. As a demonstration of the niques to solve the given problems. tions; industrial compressors; industrial applica-
tions of multiphase flows; fluid transients; young
power of scaling, the author shows over 9N49. Computational Methods in Multi- engineers paper contest; general papers in fluids
what ranges of Knudsen number 共ratio of phase Flow. Proc of 1st Int Conf, Orlando FL, engineering; and parallel computing systems.
the molecular mean free path to the length March 2001. - Edited by H Power and CA Breb- 9N54. Virtual Album of Fluid Motion: An
scale of the flow兲 the microscopic Boltz- bia (Wessex Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK). Interactive Exploration via Numerical Simu-
WIT Press, Southampton, UK. Distributed in lation. - S Turek (Univ of Dortmund, Germany).
mann equations are applicable and where
USA by Comput Mech Publ, Billerica MA. 2001. Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. DVD. ISBN
solutions to Euler’s equation apply. Then, a 336 pp. ISBN 1-853-12862-7. $229.00. 3-540-14900-7. $79.95.
fairly standard continuum approach to The 30 papers in this book present advances This is an exclusive collection of simulations in
Newtonian fluids and a derivation of the and applications of numerical methods for solv- CFD which are created with cutting-edge nu-
Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations are pre- ing complex multiphase flow problems. The pa- merical methods. All simulations are visualized.
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tiphase flow system; Drop dynamics; Heat the complete FEATFLOW software, thus en-
presentation/review of perturbation and transfer; Cavitation, emulsions, and suspensions; abling users to run simulations themselves 共see
asymptotic methods focusing on the Injector and nozzle flow; and Stratified fluid and also: http://www.featflow.de兲.
method of matched asymptotic expansions particle flows. 9N55. Vortex Structure and Dynamics. -
and an efficient multiple-scale method over 9N50. Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IV. Edited by A Maurel and P Petitjeans (Ecole Su-
the method of strained coordinates. The Proc of 4th Int ERCOFTAC Workshop, Univ of perieur de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles,
Twente, July 2001. - Edited by BJ Geurts (Univ Paris, France). Springer-Verlag, New York.
strained coordinates approach is eschewed
of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands), R Friedrich 2001. 319 pp. ISBN 3-540-67920-0. $62.00.
in favor of the others because of its poor (Tech Univ Munchen, Germany), O Metais This is a compilation of lectures from a work-
performance in modeling partial differential (LEGI, Univ of Grenoble, France). Kluwer Acad shop held in Rouen, France, April 1999.
equations. Publ, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 2001. 532 pp. Mechanics of Turbulence of Multicompo-
Chapters 4 – 8 comprise the main applica- ISBN 1-4020-0177-0. $174.00. nent Gases. Astrophysics and Space Science Li-
tions portion of the text. The applications This volume contains an exposition and discus- brary, Vol 269. - MYA Marov and AV
are broad-based and varied, including sion of state-of-the-art modeling and simulation
approaches for complex flows. Fundamental tur- Kolesnichenko (MV Keldysh Inst of Appl Math,
hydro- and aerodynamics problems, atmo- bulence, modeling issues, and elements from Russian Acad of Sci, Moscow, Russia). Kluwer
spheric flows, low Mach number flows and modern numerical analysis are at the heart of this Acad Publ, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 2001. 375
acoustics, turbomachinery flows, and shock field of interest. Present-day DNS and LES tend pp. ISBN 1-4020-0103-7. $134.00. 共Under re-
layers. Within each application, many re- to be extended toward flows of realistic complex- view兲
ity, at practically relevant flow conditions and
lated topics are analyzed, providing an in- with the inclusion of additional complex physical Origin of Turbulence in Near-Wall Flows. -
depth discussion and detailed theoretical phenomena such as arise, eg, in combustion re- AV Boiko, GR Grek, AV Dovgal, VV Kozlov
treatment of the highlighted area. These search, environmental flows, multiphase applica- (Inst of Theor and Appl Mech, Siberian Branch,
tions, and process-engineering. These extensions Russian Acad of Sci, Novosibirsk, 630090, Rus-
chapters provide a thorough applied study of DNS and LES are illustrated in the contribu- sia). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2002. 267 pp.
of perturbation and asymptotic methods, tions, while an ongoing interest remains with so- ISBN 3-540-42181-5. $89.95. 共Under review兲
and the details are well-presented. For those phisticated modeling and numerical approaches,
paying attention to physical, mathematical, and Spectral Methods for Incompressible Vis-
desiring a more rigorous mathematical cous Flow. Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol
engineering aspects.
analysis, the final chapter addresses these 9N51. Elements of Gasdynamics. - HW Liep- 148. - R Peyret (Lab JA Dieudonne, Univ de
issues. It primarily focuses on the well- mann and A Roshko (Calif Inst of Tech, Pasa- Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, Nice,
posedness of the governing equations and dena CA). Dover Publ, Mineola NY. 2001. 443 06000, France). Springer-Verlag, New York.
the existence and uniqueness of the solu- pp. 共Softcover兲. ISBN 0-486-41963-0. $24.95. 2002. 432 pp. ISBN 0-387-95221-7. $59.95.
tions. This Dover edition is an unabridged republica- 共Under review兲
While the author touts a variety of mod- tion of the work originally published by John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, in 1957, with the
ern theoretical analysis and modeling of in- addition of a new Appendix and the correction of
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viscid flows, the primary and most preva- some minor errors. The Appendix was originally
lent tool employed is that of asymptotic published in the journal Physics of Fluids A, Vol VI. HEAT TRANSFER
analysis. Very little is done in the way of 5 No 4 共April 1993兲.
complex analysis or potential flow theory, 9N52. Introduction to the Geometry and To- 9R56. Advanced Boundary Elements
pology of Fluid Flows. NATO Science Series II:
which is odd for a text on nonviscous flows. Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Vol 47. - for Heat Transfer. Topics in Engineering,
Many symbolic manipulation programs can Edited by RL Ricca (Math Dept, Univ Col Lon- Vol 42. - M-T Ibanez (Wessex Inst of Tech,
be used to evaluate asymptotic expansions, don, UK). Kluwer Acad Publ, Norwell MA. Southampton, UK) and H Power (Univ of
yet these methods are not addressed. There 2001. 360 pp. ISBN 1-4020-0206-8. $129.00. Nottingham, UK). WIT Press, Southamp-
is no discussion of flows in microelectro- This book presents an introduction to the study ton, UK. 2002. 134 pp. ISBN 1-85312-
mechanical systems, which is tailored to a of the geometry and typology of fluid flows.
From basic motions on curves and surfaces to the 898-8. $99.00.
microscopic particle analysis, embodied in recent developments in knots and links, the Reviewed by DP Sekulic (Col of Eng, Univ of
the fluid dynamics application of the Bolt- reader is gradually led to explore the world of Kentucky, 425 CRMS Bldg, Lexington KY 40506-
zmann equation and small length scales. geometric and topological fluid mechanics. Geo- 0108).
There are few figures in the text, their qual- desics and chaotic orbits, magnetic knots and This monograph is published as the 42nd
vortex links, continual flows and singularities be-
ity ranges from fair to poor, and they lack a come alive with more than 160 figures and ex- volume in the WIT Press series Topics in
consistent format style and presentation, es- amples. Engineering edited by CA Brebbia, of the
pecially the line drawings. In the opening article, HK Moffatt proposes Wessex Institute of Technology, and JJ
Theory and Applications of Nonviscous eight outstanding problems for the 21st century. Connor, of MIT. The aim of the series is to
The book goes on to provide concepts and tech-
Fluid Flows is more well-suited as a refer- niques for tackling these and many other open provide a rapid and informal dissemination
ence text rather than the primary classroom problems. of significant new work in engineering.
text, although it may serve as a complemen- 9N53. Proceedings of the ASME Fluids En- Consequently, the content of this book is
tary tome. There are no end-of-chapter gineering Division-2001. Proc of ASME Int highly specialized and the targeted audi-
ence, in this particular case, seems to be objective of this work to obtain a competi- gon and a somewhat forbidding style im-
quite small. tive BEM code but a new efficient BEM posed by a highly technical objective of the
To locate the topic of this book within a numerical scheme.’’ monograph.
diverse family of numerical methods for en- The text is split into seven chapters ac- Advanced Boundary Elements for Heat
gineering, one should recognize that pre- companied by five appendices. The list of Transfer may be of interest to specialists in
vailing, widely accepted methods are the references includes 41 entries, in addition the field, but would hardly attract the atten-
‘‘domain’’ type techniques such as finite el- to the four published articles by the authors tion of a wider student population. For the
ement and finite difference methods. The themselves, which are closely related to the given slenderness of the volume, the book
boundary element methods 共BEMs兲, as a content of the book. The book does not is expensive, but it may be considered as a
possible alternative for applications in con- have an index. possible addition to a library that serves the
tinuum mechanics, although well estab- The introduction 共Ch 1兲 briefly, but with audience interested in advances of numeri-
reasonable clarity, situates the objective of cal methods in engineering and one which
lished, are not so widely accepted in the
the text within the realm of state-of-the-art does not have easy access to the archival
field of heat transfer. It should be noted literature in the field.
efforts devoted to BEMs, indicating diffi-
though that the advocates of BEMs have
culties encountered by the indirect and di-
widened their audience significantly; even 9R57. Non-Smooth Thermomechanics.
rect BEM formulations with regard to the
an international journal specifically devoted - M Fremond (Laboratoire Lagrange,
time-stepping integration, and enlisting the
to this subject exists, in addition to the LCPC, 58 Blvd Lefebve, Paris Cedex 15,
related numerical schemes. Chapter 2 intro-
newsletter of the International Society for 75732, France). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
duces integral equation representation for
Boundary Elements, which has also become 2002. 480 pp. ISBN 3-540-66500-5.
the fixed domains, two-dimensional heat
a larger scope publication. One drawback in $89.95.
transfer problems. Subsequently, in a very
using boundary elements is that these meth- Reviewed by MV Shitikova (Dept of Struct
condensed form 共the chapter has only 12 Mech, Voronezh State Univ of Architec and Civil
ods often demand large CPU time, and even pages, with unappealing double-line spac- Eng, ul Kirova 3-75, Voronezh, 394018, Russia).
more importantly, there is an increase in the ing兲 the text offers a brief discussion of the Non-smooth thermomechanical processes
computational work as time progresses in application of the BEM 共the numerical occurring in different solids are considered
numerical computations of time-dependent implementation of time-marching schemes兲 in this book consisting of 14 chapters, an
problems. This book, according to its au- and provides a few stability theorems 共with- appendix, list of 256 references, and a sub-
thors, offers an efficient solution by ‘‘ex- out demonstrating the proofs, but referring ject index. A finite number of the quantities
tending a single layer indirect integral equa- to the original source兲, that state the uncon- that characterize the state of a material or of
tion formulation of the convolution type for ditional uniform convergence of the solu- a structure, ie, the state quantities, are intro-
the heat equation with Dirichlet boundary tion, and the stability of the boundary ele- duced in Chapter 1. The author deals not
condition to the direct integral equation for- ment scheme. Chapter 3 is devoted to the only with the discontinuous state quantities
mulation of the reinitialization type,’’ in- development of the non-history-dependent and their time-derivatives, but also includes
volving a double-layer potential. Hence, the convolution scheme intended to overcome into consideration different constraints and
objective of this text is, indeed, very nar- the impracticability of the time-stepping ap- limitations imposed on the state quantities
rowly focused. proaches discussed in Chapter 2. The main due to physical and/or geometrical proper-
objective of the book is presented in Chap- ties of each particular problem. The account
ter 4, which is devoted to the recursive for these two aspects results in non-smooth
reinitialization scheme. This chapter con- equations with the corresponding non-
cludes with two examples, but these pro- smooth solutions.
vide only the numerical data of the solu- The basic mechanical relationships and
tions and are, therefore, not well suited to constitutive laws involving the properties
assist any reader in need of a tutorial. Chap- induced by the constraints and limitations
ter 5 summarizes numerical results obtained are derived in Chapters 3–5 using the prin-
for six examples for the fixed boundary ciple of virtue power, which is formulated
cases. The purpose of the examples is obvi- in Chapter 2, either from the free energy or
ously to demonstrate the efficiency and the from the pseudopotential of dissipation that
accuracy of the proposed scheme. However, define a material. Deformable solids with
the examples are highly academic in nature and without interaction at a distance are
and presented in a very sketchy manner. considered in Chapters 6 and 7, respec-
To motivate a wider audience to seriously The last two chapters are devoted to inte- tively. Collision of rigid bodies is analyzed
consider this solution, the authors would gral formulations of transient heat conduc- using the proposed technique in Chapter 8
have needed to guide a more general reader tion in a single phase with moving bound- and is illustrated by the problem of the col-
共not necessarily an expert in numerical aries. The presentation of the numerical lisions of three aligned balls. Evolution of
computation, but presumably a researcher scheme is given in Chapter 6, and four two colliding deformable solids is de-
more-detailed examples 共melting and so- scribed in Chapter 9 starting from the prin-
or engineer who needs to apply the method
lidification in a 2D domain兲 in Chapter 7. ciple of virtue work. Chapter 10 presents
in the field of heat transfer兲 through the in-
Appendices provide information on: 1兲 the evaluation of the evolution of fibre re-
tricacies of the computational schemes in Fourier series representation for the Green inforced materials under traction. Chapter
order to assess whether a reduction of the function, 2兲 bounds for the integral of the 11, one of the most interesting in the opin-
cost for using a boundary element algo- absolute value of the kernel and for the ion of this reviewer, is devoted to the analy-
rithm is feasible in a particular case of prac- truncated Fourier series in the convolution sis of solid-liquid phase change using clas-
tical, engineering importance. However, the scheme, 3兲 truncation error bound for the sical ice-water phase change, the super-
authors definitely did not devote the space Fourier series, 4兲 surface trigonometric mo- cooling phenomena, and phase changes in
in this text to such a goal; the text is di- ments, and 5兲 analytical space integration porous media during soil freezing as the ex-
rected rather toward a sub-specialist in the of the single-layer potential when the collo- amples. Such problems can be of interest to
field. The closing statement of the introduc- cation points lies in the integration element. engineers dealing with fall and winter
tion also explicitly indicates a narrowly fo- The book is not equipped with a list of maintenance and control of highways in
cused objective, ie, the authors avoided symbols, but has quite readable graphs. countries with rather a long, cold season
‘‘minute technical details because it is not Text is written using a highly technical jar- and frequent changes in temperatures, re-
sulting in generation of so called black ice The author states that this book serves as quite comprehensive in its coverage. Its
on a road surface. text ‘‘for a semester-long course,’’ that scope is breathtakingly broad. Its detail is
The damage theory founded on the prin- ‘‘readers would acquire a fundamental un- daunting, and its approach is demanding.
ciple of virtual power is formulated in derstanding of heat transfer,’’ and that ‘‘at These characteristics place it in a different
Chapter 12, in so doing numerical examples the end of the course the students will have class of books, a class not suitable for the
related to simple concrete beams are given, learned some of the specifics of thermal en- market of introductory heat transfer texts.
which are useful for evaluating the damage gineering design and analysis and will also Having said this, it may well be that the
state of civil engineering structures. The be able to articulate innovative use of heat broad panoramas this book offers of the en-
evolution of structures made of shape transfer in engineering problems.’’ Not in- tire field and also of the individual prob-
memory alloys is considered in Chapter 13 dicated, however, is whether it is intended lems make it suitable as an excellent text
at the macroscopic level involving internal as a text for a first course in heat transfer for intermediate and graduate heat transfer
quantities describing the mixture of marten- for undergraduate students or for an inter- courses. In this case, there are only one or
sites and austenite, which can transform mediate or advanced graduate class. two known competing books. Only one or
into one another. Such problems are also For the purpose of preparing this review, two, because most of the available and
very important due to wide application of one may assume that the book has been proven advanced-level books are not on the
such materials in modern civil engineering written to serve as text for a one-semester entire field of heat transfer, but rather on the
structures. The last chapter, 14 presents introductory course in engineering heat three mechanistic components, namely con-
contact problem with and without adhesion. transfer. It can also be reviewed for its suit- duction, convection, and radiation.
But a reader cannot find well-defined ability as a text for a graduate course or as There are four appendices in this book:
boundaries for applicability of the approach reference for an advanced study. Some Thermodynamic Relations 共6 pp兲;
proposed in this book. The circle of prob- The book comes with a CD containing a Derivation of Differential-Volume Energy
lems, wherein it works effectively, is not solver for a variety of heat transfer prob- Equation 共12 pp兲; Tables of Thermochemi-
sharply outlined. Having read the book, this lems. Most of the example problems solved cal and Thermophysical Properties 共56 pp兲;
reviewer is under impression that the proce- on this CD use the notion of the thermal and SO1ver for Principles of Heat Transfer
dure developed is well suited to static and circuits analog. The output of a session with 共2 pp兲. Since the book contains throughout
quasi-static problems, but needs some cor- the solver can be saved in the form of either its body so much detail in almost every
rection for application in boundary-value a table or a graph. The CD also gives a considered topic, the need for the first two
dynamic problems. By the way, dynamic number of models embodied in the major appendices is not evident. Why can they not
problems are the least presented. One can- equations in the text. Some examples are be integrated into the text at appropriate lo-
not find the boundary-value problems, re- resistance models for steady conduction in cations? In addition to the appendices, there
sulting in the shock wave propagation in various geometries; formulas for the Nus- is Nomenclature 共6 pp兲; Glossary of Terms
solids, but it is precisely these problems of selt number as dependent on the Reynolds 共8 pp兲; List of Key Charts, Figures, and
non-smooth thermomechanics that are of and Prandtl numbers for convective flows Tables 共5 pp兲; a 7-page subject index; but
prime interest, since they lead to non- over surfaces and through pipes; and ther- no author index. Added to 21 pages of the
equilibrium thermomechanics. Therefore, mal radiation heat exchange between sur- front matter, these supporting materials thus
some doubts are cast upon the applicability faces. In each model, the equation is exhib- occupy 124 pages, fully an eighth of the
of the author’s approach for solving such ited, and the required properties are book’s total 995 pages. To observe that the
problems. The question arises as to whether prompted to be entered. Once this is done, book is bulky is rather superfluous. As in-
it can be useful for determining the location calculation occurs quickly and the result in- dicated in Table 1, it is composed of eight
of the shock wave front, its velocity, polar- dicated. Learning of any new programing chapters.
ization, phase transitions which may occur techniques does not seem to be necessary in Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7, respectively, deal
on the wave front, the smearing of the wave order to use the CD. with the familiar topics of conduction, ther-
front, and so on. Numerous example problems are con- mal radiation, convection due to flows over
It is not evident how to choose the opti- tained in the book as well. So are many submerged solid surfaces, and convection
mal number of internal variables, which can end-of-the-chapter homework problems. in pipe flows. 共The author gives to the last
help to solve successfully the problems that That ‘‘the homework problems are gener- two topics the titles Convection: Semi-
challenge engineers today. Since there are ally not very similar to the example prob- bounded fluid streams and Convection:
no general-purpose recipes for choosing the lems’’ is indeed refreshing. The homework Bounded fluid streams, respectively. The
internal values, then it seems likely that the problems are stated in considerable detail need for this new terminology is not clear
optimal choosing of the internal quantities and often with figures. A Solutions Manual to this reviewer.兲 The material in these four
is sort of a special skill, but one that an is said to be available for qualified instruc- chapters is the usually expected stuff, but
ordinary engineer without special training tors. The examples as well as the home- the presentation method is different both in
will probably not possess. work problems are tagged to identify the form and detail. Throughout the book, ther-
This reviewer thinks that Non-Smooth intended purpose of the particular problem. mal circuit models are used. Central to the
Thermomechanics can be useful for indi- The tags FUN, FAM, or DES respectively detail is the tracking of the vector of heat
viduals and students of mechanical engi- represent that the problem deals with a fun- flux due to conduction, convection and ra-
neering or civil engineering departments damental principle, seeks to develop famil- diation through media, and interfaces be-
who want to improve mathematical knowl- iarity with a technique, or addresses a de- tween media.
edge in non-smooth thermomechanics, as sign topic. Sometimes a tag S also appears Interspersed throughout the book are
well as for those who are interested in prob- to imply that the problems call for the use problems dealing with devices based on
lems of heat and mass transfer. of the equation solver on the CD. Initially, heat transfer. Examples and problems
these tags are rather annoying, enough so to abound concerning many interesting and
9R58. Principles of Heat Transfer. - M force this reader to go back to the Preface. unusual topics, but with practical relevance.
Kaviany (Dept of Mech Eng, Univ of Michi- Not many students are known to read Pref- To mention a few of these topics cooling of:
gan, Ann Arbor MI). Wiley, New York. aces and Appendices of their textbooks! a metal-cutting tool, nuclear reactors and
2002. 973 pp. CD-ROM included. ISBN As an introductory heat transfer text, the components, small objects such as the com-
0-471-43463-9. $125.00. present book will have to compete with the ponents in modern electronic boxes, blood
Reviewed by AM Kanury (Dept of Mech books 共or revisions兲 by Arpaci/Kao/ in an external heat exchanger in a cardiop-
Eng, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis OR Selamet, Mills, Incropera/DeWitt, Holman, ulmonary bypass during an open-heart sur-
97331-6001). and others. The present tome, however, is gery, etc. It is wonderful to see a quantita-
Table 1. Chapter statistics
Chapter Title Total Pages Examples ProblemsÕpages

1 Introduction and preliminaries 74 13 20/15
2 Energy equation 97 21 40/24
3 Conduction 196 26 83/50
4 Radiation 111 14 57/36
5 Convection: Unbounded fluid streams 60 6 25/12
6 Convection: Semibounded fluid streams 162 18 56/35
7 Convection: Bounded fluid streams 95 8 37/29
8 Heat transfer in thermal systems 50 5 4/4
tive description of the tongue of gray whale a novice student will survive through the It is hoped that this review is fair to
as a counter flow exchanger of heat from absorption of all the information contained the author while, at the same time, useful
the warm blood to the cold sea water. in the first two chapters of this text; leave to the reader. Principles of Heat Transfer
Displayed in Chapter 1 is the vast natural alone the rest. has been a difficult book to review. The
and man-made setting in which energy Chapter 5, titled Convection: Unbounded author’s competence, creativity, and
transfer as heat is ubiquitous. Figure 1.12, fluid streams, deals with one-dimensional enthusiasm are contagious. The reader is
which also appears on the cover of the conductive convective heat transfer in po- exhilarated and, in time, exhausted. Its
book, contains ‘‘principles of heat transfer rous media and in media within which uniquely detailed and unified 共through
analysis covered in the text and the iconic volumetric heat sources exist. Developed thermal resistance analog and heat flux
and thermal circuit presentations of heat here is the notion of the Peclet number, the vector idea兲 treatment of the vast field of
transfer.’’ Throughout the book, in addition magnitude of which is a measure of con- heat transfer makes this book an excellent
to the usual figures and tables, there are vection relative to conduction. Seepage of a reference book. However, the degree of
charts. Each of almost all figures and charts liquid through a porous wall, evaporation of detail and the high density of information
in this book is loaded with information the liquid at the surface to cool the gas packed in the figures and charts make it
most of which never gets even a passing stream, heating of gas streams due to com- not suitable as a text for introductory or in-
mention in the text. Often, this overflowing bustion and due to thermal radiation taken termediate heat transfer courses. It may
and abundant information in these visuals is into account as a volumetric heat source, serve satisfactorily as text for a graduate
many times more than can possibly be etc, are among the topics presented in this course. However, most of the graduate
taken in by a reasonably well-prepared and chapter. In the guide to instructors and stu- courses in the United States deal with the
motivated reader. Chart 1.5 at the end of dents, it has been said that this chapter can heat transfer mechanisms of conduction,
Chapter 1 gives a division of the book into be ‘‘omitted without loss of continuity’’ in a convection, and thermal radiation in sepa-
its chapters as well as a list of the major typical one-semester course. rate courses. Having said all this, this re-
contents of each chapter. This chart would Chapter 8 deals with thermal systems. In a viewer will surely keep a copy of this book
have been more useful if given at the very more familiar language, it deals with ther- on his bookshelf. He will also strongly rec-
outset of the book. mal design. The thermal characteristics of ommend it to his university librarian to ac-
Chapter 2 adopts the integro-differential various media and their boundaries are dili- quire.
energy equation deduced in Section 1.6: to gently depicted in a figure and three charts 9N59. Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer,
describe the heat flux vector; to write the which are very detailed, as are many others Volume 2. - Edited by WJ Minkowycz (Univ of
first law for volumes and surfaces in terms in the book. The nodal energy balance and Illinois, Chicago IL) and EM Sparrow (Univ of
of differential, integral and mixed scales; associated electrical analog are discussed Minnesota, Minneapolis MN). Taylor & Francis
and to develop different sorts of boundary again, including account for storage, con- Publ, New York NY. 2001. 408 pp. ISBN
conditions. Nodal energy balances are de- version, and interaction with the surround- 1-56032-565-8. $170.00.
veloped at the end of this chapter, appar- ing neighbor nodes. In the third section, This volume strikes a balance between generic
and specific fundamentals and generic and spe-
ently to set stage for thermal circuit analy- which is the heart of this chapter, five de- cific applications. After opening with a broad
ses. Such an early appearance of the sign example problems are worked out. The overview of the field of high-performance scien-
concept of nodes and nodal balance seems topics of these problems are a heat pipe; tific computing and its role in fluid flow and heat
to have another, even more important, thermal inkjet, a MEMS actuator, a thermal transfer problems, the book goes on to cover
such topics as: unstructured meshes; spectral el-
use—namely that of setting stage for dis- regenerator for direct thermoelectric energy ement method; use of the finite volume method
cretized energy equation for use in numeri- conversion, and a porous foam regenerator for the numerical solution of radiative heat trans-
cal analyses. for a reciprocating combustion engine. fer problems; heat conduction and the use of the
boundary element method for both steady and
Also presented in Chapter 2 at consider- These are very exciting topics, for sure! unsteady problems; special numerical issues re-
able length are various energy conversion The author does an admirable job writing lated to solving microscale heat transfer prob-
mechanisms. However briefly and uncriti- five or six pages on each topic. Neverthe- lems; the Monte Carlo Method; and flow and
cally, quantitative relations are given for less, this reviewer is overtaken by a linger- heat transfer in porous media.
conversion not only of chemical energy into ing fear of the horrendous detail the author 9N60. Hans von Ohain: Elegance in Flight. -
thermal form through combustion reactions, tends to give on these and most of the other M Conner. AIAA, Reston VA. 2001. 285 pp.
ISBN 1-56347-520-0. $49.95.
but also of nuclear energy to thermal form topics.
This is the life story of a man who co-invented
due to fission, fusion, and radioactive de- Chart 1.5 serves as a guide for the entire the jet engine. The author made use of official
cay. Given in Table 2.1 共which repeats itself book. Charts 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 5.3, 6.4, and 7.4 documents, miscellaneous writings, and reminis-
in Appendix C兲, are quantitative formulas present guides for the respective chapters. cences of many of von Ohain’s friends, in writing
to calculate the volumetric thermal energy This idea of guides is useful, but its execu- this book.
source strength for no less than 16 different tion seems to be neither uniform in struc- 9N61. Mathematical Modeling and Numeri-
cal Techniques in Drying Technology. - Edited
conversion mechanisms. Some may con- ture nor consistent in clarity. Chapters 4 and by I Turner (Queensland Univ of Tech, Brisbane,
sider this overkill; others may appreciate to 8 lack the guide charts. Chart 5.1, however, Australia) and AS Mujumdar (McGill Univ,
find here everything anybody doing heat elucidates the definition of degree of Montreal PQ, Canada). Marcel Dekker, New
transfer ever might need to know, but is boundedness of fluid streams as appearing York. 696 pp. ISBN 0-8247-9818-X. $215.00.
afraid to ask. This reviewer is not sure that in the titles of Chapters 5–7. This resource provides the detailed information
necessary for the development of mathematical in aerospace heat transfer; and environmental
models and numerical techniques to solve spe-
cific drying problems in a wide variety of areas
from foods and grains to wood and pharmaceuti-
heat transfer.
9N67. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans-
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fer Division-2001, Volume 6. Proc of ASME Int 9N71. Earthquake Resistant Engineering
cals. The book discusses fundamental modeling
Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y Structures III. Proc of 3rd Int Conf, Malaga,
strategies and new computational methods as
well as new drying techniques, including micro- Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 384 pp. ISBN Spain, Sept 2001. - Edited by CA Brebbia (Wes-
wave drying, superheated steam drying, intermit- 0-7918-3563-4. ASME Book No I00531. sex Inst of Tech, Southampton, UK) and A Corz
tent drying, and others. $150.00. 共ASME members $75.00兲. (Univ of Malaga, Spain). WIT Press, Southamp-
9N62. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- Including 42 full-length, peer-reviewed techni- ton, UK. Distributed in USA by Comput Mech
fer Division-2001, Volume 1. Proc of ASME Int cal papers from annual symposia, this proceed- Publ, Billerica MA. 2001. 764 pp. ISBN
Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y ings covers the following major areas of discus- 1-85312-874-0. $399.00.
Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 408 pp. ISBN sion: transport phenomena in materials Featuring state-of-the-art research together
0-7918-3557-X. ASME Book No I00525. processing and manufacturing; nontraditional with specific case histories, this volume contains
$150.00. 共ASME members $75.00兲. manufacturing research and applications; trans- a selection of contributions presented at the con-
port phenomena in processing for nano-systems ference. The contributors discuss both basic and
The 49 full-length, peer-reviewed technical pa- applied research in various relevant fields di-
pers in this volume describe the growing body of and materials; polymer and composite materials
processing; and transport phenomena in novel vided under the following nine sections: Earth-
literature on heat transfer, thermal engineering, quake resistant analysis and design; seismic risk
and other related areas. The topics covered in- spray and coating processing.
reduction; building structures; reinforced con-
clude fundamentals of single-phase convection; 9N68. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- crete structures; retrofitting and repairs; soil dy-
fundamentals of turbulence and modeling in heat fer Division-2001, Volume 7. Proc of ASME Int namics; underground and lifeline structures;
transfer; fundamentals of contact angle and sur- Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y bridges; and special structures.
face tension effects on phase change phenomena; Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 356 pp. ISBN
and fundamentals of thermal phenomena in mi- Computational Methods in Environmental
0-7918-3564-2. ASME Book No I00532. Fluid Mechanics. - O Kolditz (Center for Appl
croelectromechanical systems 共MEMS兲.
$140.00. 共ASME members $70.00兲. Geosci, Univ of Tubingen, Sigwartstr 10, Tubin-
9N63. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- This proceedings includes 42 full-length, peer- gen, D-72076, Germany). Springer-Verlag, Ber-
fer Division-2001, Volume 2. Proc of ASME Int reviewed technical papers from annual symposia
Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y lin. 2002. 378 pp. ISBN 3-540-42895-X. $54.95.
which focus on: fundamentals of heat transfer in 共Under review兲
Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 440 pp. ISBN electronics cooling; advanced simulation meth-
0-7918-3558-8. ASME Book No I00526. ods for electronics cooling; current trends/
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$160.00. 共ASME members $80.00兲. challenges in the thermal management of elec- VIII. ENERGY &
This is a collection of 45 full-length, peer- tronic systems; nanoscale thermal management
reviewed papers covering multiphase transport in
porous media; flow and heat transfer in multi-
of electronic devices; heat pipes and multiphase
heat transfer in electronic systems; student heat
ENVIRONMENT
phase systems; multiphase flows in industrial ap- transfer research and design; and innovation and 9R72. Environmental Stratified Flows.
plications; advanced reactor thermal hydraulics; application of heat transfer visualization tech-
and freezing and melting processes in low tem- niques. Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics,
perature applications. Vol 3. - Edited by R Grimshaw (Dept of
9N69. Scramjet Propulsion. Progress in As-
9N64. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- tronautics and Aeronautics, Vol 3. - Edited by ET Math Sci, Loughborough Univ, UK). Klu-
fer Division-2001, Volume 3. Proc of ASME Int Curran (Dept of the Air Force, Dayton OH) and wer Acad Publ, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y SNB Murthy (Purdue Univ, W Lafayette IN). 2002. 284 pp. ISBN 0-7923-7605-6.
Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 296 pp. ISBN AIAA, Reston VA. 2001. 1336 pp. ISBN $135.00.
0-7918-3559-6. ASME Book No I00527. 1-56347-322-4. $109.95. Reviewed by O Phillips (Dept of Earth
$120.00. 共ASME members $60.00兲. and Planet Sci, Johns Hopkins Univ,
This volume—the third and final in a miniser-
This collection of 33 full-length, peer-reviewed ies on hypersonic propulsion—presents a com-
technical papers focuses on fluid-physics and Charles and 34th St, Baltimore MD 21218-
prehensive and detailed exposition of the gradual 2681).
heat transfer for macro- and micro-scale gas- maturing of scramjet technologies. Develop-
liquid and phase change flows. A sampling of the ments in several parts of the world are described
This book is a collection of technical
contents includes parallelized DSMC modeling essays on some topics of current interest
by those intimately involved in the mainstream
of transport near liquid vapor interfaces in a mi- in environmental fluid mechanics. Though
cro bubble heat pipe; micropumping by elec- of SCRJ activities. Fresh opportunities exist to
trowetting; two-phase flow in microchannels; improve the robustness of high-speed-flight pro- numerous references are given at the end
controlling drop rebound with solid motion tar- pulsion. of each essay, the individual chapter is
get; and the run-off condition for the non- 9N70. Thermo- and Fluid-dynamic Pro- generally not a broad review of some
Newtonian rimming flow. cesses in Diesel Engines. Selected papers from aspect of the field, but a detailed exposition
9N65. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- the THIESEL 2000 Conf, Valencia, Spain, Sept
2000. - Edited by JH Whitelaw (Dept of Mech
of some part of it. The authors are all
fer Division-2001, Volume 4. Proc of ASME Int well known in the field, with cumulatively
Congress, Nov 2001. - Edited by Y Jaluria. Eng, Imperial Col of Sci, Tech, and Med, Exhibi-
ASME, New York. 2001. 444 pp. ISBN 0-7918- tion Rd, SW7 2BX, UK), F Payri, JM Desantes impressive authority, but the casual
3561-8. ASME Book No I00529. $160.00. (CMT-Motores Termicos, Univ Politec de Valen- reader, even though educated in fluid me-
共ASME members $80.00兲. cia, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46022, chanics, may find the book to be hard go-
A collection of 57 full-length, peer-reviewed Spain). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2002. 443 pp. ing.
technical papers, this proceedings covers compu- ISBN 3-540-42665-5. $159.00. The first three chapters are all on various
tational modeling of industrial combustion sys- The papers collected in this volume address all aspects of solitary internal waves. The
tems; fire and combustion systems; multiscale aspects related to thermo-and fluid-dynamic pro-
transport phenomena in energy systems; radiative first, by the editor Grimshaw himself, is
cesses in diesel engines, from basic studies concerned largely with developing the
transfer in energy systems; transport phenomena aimed at a better understanding of the physical
in fuel cell systems; and microscale thermal phe-
processes underlying diesel engine operation, to variable-coefficient, extended Kortweg-de
nomena in energy systems.
real day-to-day problems associated with engine Vries 共KdV兲 equation, and its two-
9N66. Proceedings of the ASME Heat Trans- development. dimensional extension, with a fair degree of
fer Division-2001, Volume 5. Proc of ASME Int The papers are grouped into seven thematic ar- rigor, but with an eye towards application
Congress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by Y eas: state of the art and prospective, fuels for
Jaluria. ASME, New York. 2001. 464 pp. ISBN
to unsteady solitary waves and non-
diesel engines, injection system and spray forma-
0-7918-3562-6. ASME Book No I00530. tion, combustion and pollutant formation, model-
dissipative undular bores. Peter Holloway
$170.00. 共ASME members $85.00兲. ing, experimental techniques, and air manage- and Efin Pelinovsky apply the KdV equa-
This collection of 46 full-length, peer-reviewed ment. tion with added bottom stress and Coriolis
technical papers focuses on the following areas: Microgravity Combustion: Fire in Free Fall. terms, to the evolution of internal tides and
artificial neural networks for thermal engineer- long internal waves as they propagate over
ing; computational heat transfer in electro- - Edited by HD Ross (NASA Glenn Res Center,
magneto-hydrodynamics; industrial applications Cleveland OH). Academic Press, San Diego. variable bottom topography of the conti-
of computational heat transfer; inverse problems; 2001. 575 pp. ISBN 0-12-598190-2. $124.95. nental slope and shelf. A good database
gas turbine heat transfer; industrial applications 共Under review兲 from the northwest Australian shelf allows
detailed comparison with numerical simula-

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BIOENGINEERING book is the one devoted to Vascular Disor-
ders 共hypertension, aneurisms, arterioscle-
consider the atmospheric counterparts, rosis兲. Vascular adaptation is given a sepa-
particularly the Morning Glory, a spectacu- rate chapter in which modern theories of
9R74. Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics: kinematic growth are discussed among
lar, but unthreatening low-level solitary Cells, Tissues, and Organs. - JD Hum-
wave that sweeps across the southern coast other ideas. The third, and final, part of the
phrey (Dept of Biomed Eng, Texas A&M book is devoted to Cardiac Mechanics. It
of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Univ, College Station TX 77843-3120). consists of a lone 120-page chapter on the
Australia. Similar events seem to occur in Springer-Verlag, New York. 2002. 757 pp. normal mature heart. The lack of even a
the eastern United States, though stronger ISBN 0-387-95168-7. $99.00. short chapter on cardiac disorders is noted.
topographic effects may complicate obser- Reviewed by M Epstein (Dept of Mech Each chapter is followed by a set of chal-
vation. James Rottman and Paul Linden Eng, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Dr lenging exercises ranging from historical
do give a good review of the basics of grav- NW, Calgary AB, T2N 1N4, Canada). reviews to detailed calculations. A wealth
ity currents, quasi-horizontal flows of one Ambitious both in scope and depth, this of references is proof that Cardiovascular
fluid into surrounding fluid of another book constitutes a remarkable achievement. Solid Mechanics: Cells, Tissues, and Or-
density, and include good field and labora- Predicated on the principle that the next gans is not just intended as a text, but also
tory photographs that are worth quite a few generation of biomechanicists should be as as a valuable reference for researchers in
thousand words. Ron Smith surveys strati- proficient in Continuum Mechanics as in soft-tissue mechanics. It should be pur-
Biology and in formulating simple models chased by libraries for general use and by
fied flows over topography, giving a bibli-
from raw experiments, this 750-page book individuals that would like to have an ex-
ography of over 100 useful references. cellent, handy, comprehensive, and useful
attempts to encompass the necessary com-
Harindra Fernando’s essay on turbulence reference book on their shelves.
bined background in one volume suitable
in stratified fluids can hardly do justice to 9N75. Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer
for use as a text. It is divided into three
the intricacies of entrainment, turbulent parts. in Biotechnology-2001. Proc of ASME Int Con-
‘‘blini’’ and fossil turbulence, but some of gress, Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by EP Scott
The first part, occupying roughly a third and JC Bischof. ASME, New York. 2001. 144
the themes are picked up by Don Boyer of the book and entitled Foundations, can pp. ISBN 0-7918-3567-7. ASME Book No
and A Srdic-Mitrovic on laboratory obser- be considered as an almost stand-alone text- I00535. $80.00. 共ASME members $40.00兲.
vations of flow past obstacles. The final book in Continuum Mechanics and the Fi- This is a collection of 21 full-length, peer-
chapter by Larry Redekopp sketches the nite Element Method. Keeping in mind the reviewed technical papers presented at the annual
symposium. Major areas of discussion include:
various cases of flow instability, referring intended application to soft tissues, the modeling of biotransport phenomena; visualiza-
the reader to Turner’s well-known mono- treatment emphasizes geometrical and ma- tion and imaging in biotransport; and thermal in-
graph, older but more physical and more terial nonlinearities. It is doubtful that stu- jury and treatment.
dents without any previous background in Models of Oculomotor Control. - GK Hung
comprehensive in scope. The index of the (Rutgers Univ, Piscataway NJ). World Sci Publ,
book is cursory. either Continuum Mechanics or Finite Ele- Singapore. 2001. 127 pp. ISBN 981-02-4568-8.
There is valuable content in Environmen- ments might be able to acquire a working $32.00. 共Under review兲
tal Stratified Flows, but it is marred by so knowledge in either subject from this book
alone. On the other hand, students already
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many word-processing glitches, that this re-
viewer wonders whether page proofs still
having an introductory exposure to these X. GENERAL &
subjects will be able to see the whole pic-
exist. If they do, it is almost certain that
ture and will profit enormously from the MISCELLANEOUS
nobody looked at them. In the editor’s pref- relatively high-level and concise style of
ace, authors’ names occur randomly in italic 9N76. Proceedings of the ASME 2001 Inter-
the presentation. The theoretical treatment national Mechanical Engineering Congress
and roman script. The sub-heading and text is supplemented with a chapter on experi- and Exposition, Volume 1. Held Nov 2001,
at the bottom of page 129 appear also at the mental methods. If the book were to be New York. - ASME, New York. 2001. CD-Rom.
ISBN 0-7918-1941-8. ASME Book No H1228D.
top of page 130. The font size changes for used as text, a two-semester format would $595.00. 共ASME members $476.00兲.
no apparent reason in the middle of page be ideal, with the first semester entirely de- This CD-Rom consists of 581 full-length, peer-
162. Blank half pages occur mysteriously voted to the study of the first part of the reviewed technical papers on the topic of Basic
Engineering, which includes the following areas:
on pages 205 and 206. There are many book so as to provide the students with a applied mechanics, bioengineering, fluids engi-
more examples. It is a great pity that the sound foundation in theoretical, numerical, neering, and heat transfer. The CD interface is
careful work of the authors has been under- and experimental methods. Taking into con- Adobe Acrobat 5.0 with the Verity Search en-
sideration the aforementioned principle, the gine. It includes full color where provided by the
mined by such sloppy presentation of the authors, full and fielded search, and help.
book. effort will not be wasted.
9N77. Recent Advances in Solids and
The second, and largest, part of the book Structures-2001. Proc of ASME Int Congress,
9N73. Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Wind is dedicated to Vascular Mechanics. A good
Energy Symposium. Proc of 40th AIAA Aero- Nov 2001, New York. - Edited by YW Kwon and
space Sciences Meeting, January 2002, Reno. description of the histology and physiology HH Chung. ASME, New York. 2001. 172 pp.
-ASME, New York. 2002. 440 pp. ISBN of the arterial wall is followed by material ISBN 0-7918-3574-X. ASME Book No I00542.
1-56347-476-X. ASME Book No I00558. considerations, such as symmetry, inhomo- $100.00. 共ASME members $50.00兲.
$160.00. 共ASME members $80.00兲. geneity, incompressibility, and residual This collection of 20 full-length, peer-reviewed
This collection of 42 full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers from the annual symposium
stress. It is here where the knowledge highlights subjects in solids and structures. Top-
technical papers covers materials, manufacturing, gained in the foundations becomes impor- ics include fracture, fatigue, damage, and failure
and structural design; aerodynamics and perfor- in homogeneous, multi-phase composite materi-
mance; laboratory and field testing; estimating
tant, since the general experimental obser-
vations are implemented within a consistent als; nanomaterials; contact and impact problems;
structural design loads; simulations and compu- vibration and dynamics; computational tech-
tational modeling; and controls, system dynam- constitutive framework. Perhaps the most niques; manufacturing problems; and biome-
ics, and structural. interesting chapter of this second part of the chanics.
Author Index for September 2002
The codes after each name give the sequence numbers of the items in the Book Reviews section (R ⫽ Review, N ⫽ Note).
Books listed by title only or as ‘‘under review’’ are not included in this index.
A Curran, ET-N69 Guz, AN-R28 Kim, D-N19

Krenk, S-R27
Metais, O-N50
Minkowycz, WJ-N59
Scott, EP-N75
Sell, GR-R8
Vermeer, PA-N33
Akbarov, SD-R28 Kuperman, WA-N12 Mitescu, CD-R46 Shaw, J-N31

Kwon, YW-N77 Montagner, JP-N12 Shevchenko, VY-N38
D H Mujumdar, AS-N61 Shevchenko,
Munz, D-N37, N38 VYa-N37
Dantzig, JA-R44 Hautus, M-R15 Murthy, SNB-N69 Singh Bhatia, C-N40
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del Pedro, M-R25
Desantes, JM-N70
Henrard, J-N13 Slaughter, WS-R26 W
Hernandez, S-N32 Smirnov, AL-R24
Bacciotti, A-R17
Doyle, JF-R29 Hoffmann, K-H-N23 P Sparrow, EM-N59 White, KW-N37,
Durst, F-N4
Beskos, DE-N2
Dvorak, R-N13
Hulin, J-P-R46
Humphrey, JD-R74
L Padmanabhan,
Sprekels, J-N23 N38
Bischof, JC-N75 Stoorvogel, AA-R15 Whitehouse, DJ-N42
KA-R30
Bishop, RH-N21 Landa, PS-R10 Whitelaw, JH-N70
Pardalos, PM-N3
Bradt, RC-N37, N38 Lasiecka, I-N23 Payri, F-N70
Brebbia, CA-N2, N6,
N11, N32, N34,
E I Lee, AP-N22 Petit, L-R46
T
Lee, TH-N20 Petitjeans, P-N55
N41, N49, N71 Enikeev, FU-R30
Ibanez, M-T-R56 Leugering, G-N23 Polycarpou, AA-N40 Tourin, A-N12
Breuer, M-N4
Liepmann, HW-N51 Power, H-N49, R56 Tovstik, PE-R24
Brown, FT-R16
J R Trentelman, HL-R15 Y
F Rajapakse, YDS-N35
Troltzsch, F-N23
Jaluria, Y-N62, N63, Tucker III, CL-R44 You, Yuncheng-R8
Fink, M-N12 Resende, MGC-N3 Turek, S-N54
N64, N65, N66,
Ricca, RL-N52
C Florez, WF-R45
Fremond, M-R57
N67, N68 M Rohatgi, US-N53
Turner, I-N61
Jensen, M-N36
Friedrich, R-N50 Roshko, A-N51
Calogero, F-R7 Main, J-N31
Rosier, L-R17
Cetinkaya, C-N39 Manolis, GD-N2
Chakrabarti, SK-N11 G Manring, N-N19
Z
Chen, BM-N20
Chung, HH-N77 Geurts, BJ-N50
K Marboe, RC-N14 S V
Maurel, A-N55 Zenger, C-N4
Cohen, GC-R9 Gmur, T-R25 Kafka, V-R1 Sakai, M-N37, N38 Vasin, RA-R30
Conner, M-N60 Grimshaw, R-R72 Katsikadelis, JT-N2 Melhuish, C-R18 Sancaktar, E-N43 Venkataramanan, Zeytounian, RK-R48
Corz, A-N71 Guyon, E-R46 Kaviany, M-R58 Sarler, B-N6 V-N20 Zheng, Yuxi-R47
Appl Mech Rev vol 55, no 5, September 2002 B104 © 2002 American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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